The politics of precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court
"The Politics of Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court offers an analysis of the Supreme Court's most important task - shaping the law. Thomas Hansford and James Spriggs analyze a key aspect of legal change: the Court's interpretation or treatment of the precedents it has set in the past."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, ©2006
Princeton University Press, Princeton, ©2006
xii, 155 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780691123547, 0691123543
58975960
1. Introduction
2. Explaining the interpretation of precedent
3. Measuring the interpretation of precedent
4. The interpretation of precedent over time
5. The overruling of precedent
6. The interpretation of precedent in majority opinions
7. Lower federal court responses to the supreme court's interpretation of precedent
8. Concluding remarks and broader implications
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