The Conscientious Justice by Ryan C Black
United States Supreme Court justices make decisions that have a profound impact on American society. Empirical legal scholars have portrayed justices as either single-minded or strategic seekers of policy, and there is little room in these theories for things like law, reputation, or personality. This book offers a fresh perspective that will jar Supreme Court scholarship out of complacency. It argues that justices' personalities influence their behavior, which in turn influences legal development and the United States Constitution. This impressive group of authors exhaustively examine every part of the Court's decision-making process, and focus on the trait of conscientiousness and how it influences justices over nine different empirical contexts, from agenda setting to writing the Court's opinions. The Conscientious Justice is an important and comprehensive account of judging that restructures existing approaches to analyzing the High Court.
'The Conscientious Justice stands on its own as a piece of social science research that serves to advance our understanding of the judiciary and how personality can, and will, influence its behaviour' Paul R. Sawa, Canadian Law Library Review
'This pathbreaking book should be read by anyone interested in the workings of the Supreme Court and its justices.' M. W. Bowers, Choice
'This pathbreaking book should be read by anyone interested in the workings of the Supreme Court and its justices.' M. W. Bowers, Choice
Owens, Ryan J.: - Ryan J. Owens is a Lyons Family Faculty Scholar and Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin. His work analyzes the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals and American political institutions. His work has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Judicature, the William and Mary Law Review, the Law and Society Review and the Justice System Journal.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781316618004 |
| ISBN 10 | 1316618005 |
| Title | The Conscientious Justice |
| Author | Ryan C Black |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2021-09-16 |
| Number of pages | 370 |
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