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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
While much has been written on Supreme Court appointments, Deciding
to Leave provides the first systematic look at the process by which
justices decide to retire from the bench, and why this has become
increasingly partisan in recent years. Since 1954, generous
retirement provisions and decreasing workloads have allowed
justices to depart strategically when a president of their own
party occupies the White House. Otherwise, the justices remain in
their seats, often past their ability to effectively participate in
the work of the Court. While there are benefits and drawbacks to
various reform proposals, Ward argues that mandatory retirement
goes farthest in combating partisanship and protecting the
institution of the Court.
While much has been written on Supreme Court appointments, Deciding
to Leave provides the first systematic look at the process by which
justices decide to retire from the bench, and why this has become
increasingly partisan in recent years. Since 1954, generous
retirement provisions and decreasing workloads have allowed
justices to depart strategically when a president of their own
party occupies the White House. Otherwise, the justices remain in
their seats, often past their ability to effectively participate in
the work of the Court. While there are benefits and drawbacks to
various reform proposals, Ward argues that mandatory retirement
goes farthest in combating partisanship and protecting the
institution of the Court.
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.
The US Supreme Court is an institution that operates almost totally
behind closed doors. This book opens those doors by providing a
comprehensive look at the justices, procedures, cases, and issues
over the institution's more than 200-year history. The Court is a
legal institution born from a highly politicized process. Modern
justices time their departures to coincide with favorable
administrations and the confirmation process has become a
highly-charged political spectacle played out on television and in
the national press. Throughout its history, the Court has been at
the center of the most important issues facing the nation:
federalism, separation of powers, war, slavery, civil rights, and
civil liberties. Through it all, the Court has generally, though
not always, reflected the broad views of the American people as the
justices decide the most vexing issues of the day. The Historical
Dictionary of the U.S. Supreme Court covers its history through a
chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive
bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced
entries on every justice, major case, issue, and process that
comprises the Court's work. This book is an excellent access point
for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about
the Supreme Court.
The U.S. Supreme Court typically rules on cases that present
complex legal questions. Given the challenging nature of its cases
and the popular view that the Court is divided along ideological
lines, it's commonly assumed that the Court routinely hands down
equally-divided decisions. Yet the justices actually issue
unanimous decisions in approximately one third of the cases they
decide.
Drawing on data from the U.S. Supreme Court database, internal
court documents, and the justices' private papers, "The Puzzle of
Unanimity" provides the first comprehensive account of how the
Court reaches consensus. Pamela Corley, Amy Steigerwalt, and
Artemus Ward propose and empirically test a theory of consensus;
they find consensus is a function of multiple,
concurrently-operating forces that cannot be fully accounted for by
ideological attitudes. In this thorough investigation, the authors
conclude that consensus is a function of the level of legal
certainty and its ability to constrain justices' ideological
preferences.
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