Description: The Constrained Court Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Law, Politics, and the Decisions Justices Make Author(s): Michael A. Bailey, Forrest Maltzman Format: Paperback Publisher: Princeton University Press, United States Imprint: Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 9780691151052, 978-0691151052 Synopsis 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? The Constrained Court combines new theoretical insights and extensive data analysis to show that law and politics together shape the behavior of justices on the Supreme Court. Michael Bailey and Forrest Maltzman show how two types of constraints have influenced the decision making of the modern Court. First, Bailey and Maltzman document that important legal doctrines, such as respect for precedents, have influenced every justice since 1950. The authors find considerable variation in how these doctrines affect each justice, variation due in part to the differing experiences justices have brought to the bench. Second, Bailey and Maltzman show 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. The Constrained Court 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 new light on the unique role that the Supreme Court plays in the constitutional order.
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Book Title: The Constrained Court
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Name: The Constrained Court: Law, Politics, and the Decisions Justices Make
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 235 mm
Subject: Law, Government
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 340 g
Author: Michael A. Bailey, Forrest Maltzman
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
