When Dissents Matter: Judicial Dialogue Through Us Supreme Court Opinions

by Pamela C. Corley, Amy Steigerwalt, Artemus Ward

The ability of US Supreme Court justices to dissent from the majority, to formally register and explain their belief that a case has been wrongly decided, represents a time-honored tradition of perhaps the most august American institution. Yet the impact of these dissents, which allow justices to engage in a dialogue over law and policy, has seldom, if ever, been the focus of dedicated study. Analyzing the influence of dissents on Supreme Court...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813950171
• ISBN13: 9780813950174
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher