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 past dissents on later Supreme
Court majority opinions, this book presents the first comprehensive
study of the effects of dissenting opinions and illuminates which
types of dissents successfully influence legal and policy debates,
which ones fail to make a difference, and why. Drawing on the
private papers of the justices and original data, this book
demonstrates that court majorities engage with dissents posing a
particular threat to their opinions, and that they can be persuaded
by thoughtful and careful dissenting arguments.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Virginia Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Constitutionalism and Democracy |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Pamela C. Corley
• Amy Steigerwalt
• Artemus Ward
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
184 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8139-5016-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-8139-5016-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780813950167 |
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