Of Time And Judicial Behavior United States

The present study examines the agenda-setting and the decision-making of the U. S. Supreme Court across a period that encompasses several wars, a Great Depression, a president's attempt to pack the Court, and changes in the Court's jurisdiction. Accordingly, it paints a broad historical picture of the Court, longer than any previous study of those aspects of its business. It provides a wealth of data on the opinions that the Court issued and what issues the Court found most compelling across more than a century of jurisprudence, adding to its value as a research tool.

Drew Noble Lanier is Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Central Florida.

List of Illustrations	p. 9
List of Tables	p. 11
Acknowledgments	p. 13
The Decision-Making and Agenda-Setting of the United States Supreme Court, 1888-1997	p. 17
Purpose, Outline, and Importance of the Book	p. 17
The United States Supreme Court and Its Decision-Making and Agenda-Setting	p. 18
Chapter Summary	p. 29
Historical Setting of the United States Supreme Court, 1888-1946	p. 31
The Court in Historical Perspective	p. 31
The Fuller Court (1888-1910)	p. 32
The White Court (1910-1921)	p. 41
The Taft Court (1921-1930)	p. 46
The Hughes Court (1930-1941)	p. 49
The Stone Court (1941-1946)	p. 55
Chapter Summary	p. 58
Contours of Judicial Attention: Composition and Dynamics of the Workload and the Agenda of the United States Supreme Court, 1888-1997	p. 60
Data Collection Process	p. 60
Size and Composition of the Court's Caseload	p. 62
Major Issue Areas	p. 85
Chapter Summary	p. 92
Going Their Own Way: Unanimity of United States Supreme Court Decision-Making, 1888-1997	p. 96
Unanimity Explored	p. 96
Unanimity Examined	p. 98
Chapter Summary	p. 127
Who Wins and Who Loses across Time: Liberalism of United States Supreme Court Decision-Making, 1888-1997	p. 129
Politics, Liberalism, and the Supreme Court	p. 129
Chapter Summary	p. 174
The Long-Run Relationship between the Supreme Court's Decision-Making Environment and Its Liberalism	p. 176
Theoretical Foundation for Supreme Court Decision-Making	p. 177
Models of Institutional Liberalism across Time	p. 179
Fractional Integration, Nonstationarity, and Cointegration	p. 195
The Long-Run Relationship between the Justices' Policy Preferences and Political Values	p. 203
Chapter Summary	p. 206
The Continuity of Change: The Supreme Court across Time	p. 208
Overview of the Book's Findings	p. 208
Importance of the Book's Findings	p. 218
Suggestions for Further Research	p. 219
Coding Sheet for Agenda and Decisional Data for the United States Surpeme Court, 1888-1937	p. 222
Coding Protocol for Agenda and Decisional Data for the United States Supreme Court, 1888-1937	p. 224
Notes	p. 228
References	p. 252
Index	p. 260
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