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Answering the call of the court : how justices and litigants set the Supreme Court agenda / Vanessa A. Baird.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Baird, Vanessa A., 1970-
Series:
Constitutionalism and democracy
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Supreme Court.
United States.
Judicial process--United States.
Judicial process.
Political questions and judicial power--United States.
Political questions and judicial power.
Physical Description:
xii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.
Contents:
The Supreme Court in the U.S. legal system : appeals and case selection
Explaining the Supreme Court's policy cycles
Immigrants' rights, welfare, and federalism
Cyclical patterns on the Supreme Court's agenda
Corroborative analyses : the political and legal context of the Supreme Court
The impact of moderate justices' preferences on the ideological placement of future cases.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-217) and index.
ISBN:
0813925827
9780813925820
OCLC:
70176906

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