The Supreme Court and the Attitudinal Model Revisited

by Harold J. Spaeth and Jeffrey A. Segal

Book Overview

Authored by two leading scholars of the Supreme Court and its policy making, this study systematically presents and validates the use of the attitudinal model to explain and predict Supreme Court decision making. In the process, it critiques the two major alternative models of Supreme Court decision making and their major variants--the legal and rational choice. Using the U.S. Supreme Court Data Base, the justices' private papers, and other sources...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521789710
• ISBN13: 9780521789714
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"