Much research is devoted to the decision-making power and precedent set by the Supreme Court. Less attention, however, is given to the strategic behavior during case selection. This book argues that case selection is done strategically, and by means of various criteria - influencing its constitutional position and importance.

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Udi Sommer teaches political science at Tel Aviv University, Israel. His broad research interests are in American and comparative politics, public law and political methodology. He specializes in the analysis of political institutions and legal evolution. His scholarship has appeared in publications such as Comparative Political Studies, The Law and Society Review, the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Political Studies, Judicature, Rationality and Society, and the Justice System Journal.

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Book Title: Supreme Court Agenda Setting
Book Subtitle: Strategic Behavior during Case Selection
Authors: Udi Sommer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137398642
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-39991-5Published: 21 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48600-7Published: 21 May 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-39864-2Published: 21 May 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 186
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: European Politics, Political Science, Law, general, Political History

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The History and Institutions of the Writ of Certiorari

The Theoretical Framework: Case Selection and Strategic Behavior on the Court

Voting Contingents, Cert Pivots, and Voting Volatility

Strategic Votes on Cert: Evidence from Justices’ Papers

Opinion Authorship and Strategic Cert

Conclusions

Back Matter

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