Strategy on the United States Supreme Court

ISBN: 9780521736343 出版年：2009 页码：210 Brenner Whitmeyer Cambridge University Press

I. Introduction: 1. The legal model 2. The attitudinal model 3. The strategic models II. Certiorari: 4. The losing litigant model 5. The outcome-prediction strategy III. The Conference Vote on the Merits: 6. Strategic voting at the conference vote 7. Fluidity and strategic voting IV: The Majority Opinion and Other Opinions: 8. The extent of successful bargaining over the content of the majority opinion 9. The size of opinion coalitions 10. At whose ideal point will the majority opinion be written? 11. Reciprocity on the supreme court V. The Final Vote on the Merits: 12. The separation of powers model 13. Supreme Court decision making and public opinion VI. Concluding Chapters: 14. Strategies in pursuit of institutional goals 15. Summary Appendix 1: decision making on the U.S. Supreme Court Appendix 2: additional questions to explore.