Crafting Law on the Supreme Court: The Collegial Game

In Crafting Law on the Supreme Court, Maltzman, Spriggs, and Wahlbeck use material gleaned from internal memos circulated among justices on the U.S. Supreme Court to systematically account for the building of majority opinions. The authors argue that at the heart of this process are justices whose decisions are constrained by the choices made by the other justices. The portrait of the Supreme Court that emerges stands in sharp contrast to the conventional portrait where justices act solely on the basis of the law or their personal policy preferences. This book provides a fascinating glimpse of how the Court crafts the law.

Author: Forrest Maltzman, James F. Spriggs, Paul J. Wahlbeck
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/17/2000
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780521780100

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2001 pg. 1534

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