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The Chief Justice : appointment and influence / edited by David J. Danelski and Artemus Ward.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Ward, Artemus, 1971- editor.
Danelski, David Joseph, 1930- editor.
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Supreme Court.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (465 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Summary:
The Chief Justice brings together leading scholars of the courts who employ social science theory and research to explain the role of the Chief Justice of the U.S.Supreme Court.They consider the chief justice's appointment, office, powers, and influence both within the Court and in the American system of government more generally.
Contents:
Introduction / Sheldon Goldman
The influence of the Chief Justice in the decisional process of the Supreme Court / David J. Danelski
An exploratory study of opinion assignment by the chief justice revisited / David J. Danelski
The influence of the Chief Justice in the decisional process of the supreme court revisited : personality and leadership / David J. Danelski
Selecting the chief : presidential calculation in appointing chief justices / Christine L. Nemacheck
Confirming chiefs : ideology, opportunity, and the court's center chair / Kevin J. McMahon
The Chief Justice and oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court / Timothy R. Johnson and Charles Gregory
Forecasting opinion assignment on the U.S. Supreme Court / Paul J. Wahlbeck, Alyx Mark, Ryan Krog, and Phillip J. Wininger
The Chief Justice and procedural power / Charles M. Cameron and Tom Clark
Honeymoon on the court : chief justices and consensus building on the Supreme Court / Amy Steigerwalt, Pamela C. Corley, and Artemus Ward
Genuine leader or merely "first among equals"? : probing the leadership capacity of the Chief Justice / Brandon L. Bartels and Phillip Wininger
Herding scorpions : the Chief Justice as social leader / Ryan C. Black, Ryan J. Owens, and Justin Wedeking
Troll-in-chief? : affective opinion content and the influence of the Chief Justice / Douglas Rice and Christopher Zorn
Statutory interpretation and the Chief Justice : activism or judicial discretion? / Kirk A. Randazzo and Rebecca Reid
The Chief Justice as administrative leader : explaining agenda size / Richard L. Vining Jr. and Teena Wilhelm
Be careful with my court : legitimacy, public opinion, and the chief justices / Shawn C. Fettig and Sara C. Benesh
Epilogue / David J. Danelski and Artemus Ward.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-426) and index.
Description based on information from the publisher.
ISBN:
0-472-12195-2
OCLC:
957345213
Publisher Number:
10.3998/mpub.5945898

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