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Author Baird, Vanessa A., 1970-

Title Answering the call of the court : how justices and litigants set the Supreme Court agenda / Vanessa A. Baird.

Imprint Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  347.7326 B164a 2007    ---  Available
Description xii, 225 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series Constitutionalism and democracy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and index.
Contents The Supreme Court in the U.S. legal system : appeals and case selection -- Explaining the Supreme Court's policy cycles -- Immigrants' rights, welfare, and federalism -- Cyclical patterns on the Supreme Court's agenda -- Corroborative analyses : the political and legal context of the Supreme Court -- The impact of moderate justices' preferences on the ideological placement of future cases.
Subject United States. Supreme Court.
Judicial process -- United States.
Political questions and judicial power -- United States.
ISBN 0813925827 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813925820 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2426844
NLGGC 299013545
AU@ 000041412011
NZ1 10875855

 
    
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