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Supreme Court Agenda Setting

Strategic Behavior during Case Selection

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  • © 2014

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  1. Udi Sommer
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-12

  3. The History and Institutions of the Writ of Certiorari

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    Pages 13-28

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

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    Pages 29-43

  5. Voting Contingents, Cert Pivots, and Voting Volatility

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    Pages 45-60

  6. Strategic Votes on Cert: Evidence from Justices’ Papers

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    Pages 61-81

  7. Opinion Authorship and Strategic Cert

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    Pages 83-108

  8. Conclusions

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    Pages 109-114

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 115-186
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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.

About the author

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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