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The Constrained Court : Law, Politics, and the Decisions Justices Make by Michael A. Bailey, Forrest Maltzman is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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How do Supreme Court justices decide their cases? Do they follow their policy preferences? Or are they constrained by the law and by other political actors? This book combines new theoretical insights and extensive data analysis to show that law and politics together shape the behavior of justices on the Supreme Court. The book shows how two types of constraints have influenced the decision making of the modern Court. First, the book documents that important legal doctrines, such as respect for precedents, have influenced every justice since 1950. The book finds considerable variation in how these doctrines affect each justice, variation due in part to the differing experiences justices have brought to the bench. Second, it shows that justices are constrained by political factors. Justices are not isolated from what happens in the legislative and executive branches, and instead respond in predictable ways to changes in the preferences of Congress and the president. This book shatters the myth that justices are unconstrained actors who pursue their personal policy preferences at all costs. By showing how law and politics interact in the construction of American law, this book sheds

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Author

Michael A. Bailey, Forrest Maltzman

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9786613169037

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Law, Social Science