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Oral arguments before the Supreme Court : an empirical approach / Lawrence S. Wrightsman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wrightsman, Lawrence S.
- Series:
- American Psychology-Law Society series.
- American Psychology-Law Society series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Supreme Court--Decision making.
- United States.
- Oral pleading--United States.
- Oral pleading.
- Forensic orations--United States.
- Forensic orations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When the Supreme Court decides a case, the litigants make an oral presentation. This is the only public part in the steps in the Court's decision, so it provides an important window into its decision-making processes. Using transcripts, the author examines how the oral arguments work, and their effect on the Court's decisions.
- Contents:
- Oral arguments : are they no longer essential?
- Justices' views on the significance of oral arguments
- The behavior of advocates before the Supreme Court
- Justices' questions and statements
- The idiosyncratic nature of justices' behavior during oral arguments
- Oral arguments in a landmark case
- Predicting votes from oral arguments
- Contentious issues.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045133-5
- 9786611852160
- 1-4356-5738-1
- 1-281-85216-3
- 0-19-970943-2
- OCLC:
- 922954026
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