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When dissents matter : judicial dialogue through US Supreme Court opinions / Pamela C. Corley, Amy Steigerwalt, Artemus Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Corley, Pamela C., 1967- author.
- Series:
- Constitutionalism and Democracy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dissenting opinions--United States.
- Dissenting opinions.
- Judicial opinions--United States.
- Judicial opinions.
- Judicial process--United States.
- Judicial process.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Analyzing the influence of previous US Supreme Court dissents on future 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, including textual analysis of opinions, this book demonstrates that court majorities engage with dissents that pose a particular threat to the strength and position of the majority opinion-specifically, well-crafted and attention-grabbing dissents from larger, ideologically mixed coalitions. These results suggest that majorities can be persuaded by thoughtful and careful dissenting arguments but must defend against strident appeals to external actors, including the other branches of government, the media, and the public"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Dissenting behavior on the US Supreme Court
- Endeavoring to accommodate : dissent coalition behavior
- Intra-court dialogue : contemporaneous effect of dissents on majority opinions
- Do we respond or do we ignore?
- Judicial conversations through time : the influence of dissents on future US Supreme Court majority opinions.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813950181
- 081395018X
- OCLC:
- 1391691616
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