Precedent in the United States Supreme Court /

Precedent in the United States Supreme Court /

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Imprint:	Dordrecht : Springer, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 231 pages) : color illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Ius Gentium, 1534-6781 ; volume 33 Ius gentium (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v.33.
Subject:	United States. -- Supreme Court. United States. -- Supreme Court. Stare decisis -- United States. Stare decisis. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9966498

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Other authors / contributors:	Peters, Christopher J., editor of compilation.
ISBN:	9789400779518 (electronic bk.) 9400779518 (electronic bk.) 9789400779501
Notes:	Includes index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 17, 2014).
Summary:	This volume presents a variety of both normative and descriptive perspectives on the use of precedent by the United States Supreme Court. It brings together a diverse group of American legal scholars, some of whom have been influenced by the Segal/Spaeth "attitudinal" model and some of whom have not. The group of contributors includes legal theorists and empiricists, constitutional lawyers and legal generalists, leading authorities and up-and-coming scholars. The book addresses questions such as how the Court establishes durable precedent, how the Court decides to overrule precedent, the effects of precedent on case selection, the scope of constitutional precedent, the influence of concurrences and dissents, and the normative foundations of constitutional precedent. Most of these questions have been addressed by the Court itself only obliquely, if at all. The volume will be valuable to readers both in the United States and abroad, particularly in light of ongoing debates over the role of precedent in civil-law nations and emerging legal systems.
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-94-007-7951-8

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Summary:	This volume presents a variety of both normative and descriptive perspectives on the use of precedent by the United States Supreme Court. It brings together a diverse group of American legal scholars, some of whom have been influenced by the Segal/Spaeth "attitudinal" model and some of whom have not. The group of contributors includes legal theorists and empiricists, constitutional lawyers and legal generalists, leading authorities and up-and-coming scholars. The book addresses questions such as how the Court establishes durable precedent, how the Court decides to overrule precedent, the effects of precedent on case selection, the scope of constitutional precedent, the influence of concurrences and dissents, and the normative foundations of constitutional precedent. Most of these questions have been addressed by the Court itself only obliquely, if at all. The volume will be valuable to readers both in the United States and abroad, particularly in light of ongoing debates over the role of precedent in civil-law nations and emerging legal systems.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (vii, 231 pages) : color illustrations.
ISBN:	9789400779518 9400779518 9789400779501
ISSN:	1534-6781 ;