Examining judicial divisiveness on the U.S. Supreme Court
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation explores the impact of judicial divisiveness in Supreme Court decision-making, as well as the factors that influence divisiveness and consensus on the Court, paying special attention to how modern chief justices compare in this regard. This exploration is accomplished via three separate research questions: First: Why should we care about judicial divisiveness on the Supreme Court; what are the long-term implications for unanimous or divided decisions, if any? Second: How does Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr. fare relative to his modern-day predecessors; under his tenure are there more or less 5 to 4 decisions; are there more or less unanimous decisions? Third, what factors do or do not impact consensus on the Supreme Court? All in all, the findings outlined in this dissertation provide a theoretical underpinning to current and developing research in judicial behavior and confirm and debunk popular, but heretofore empirically unexamined, folklore about how the Supreme Court operates.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Harlan, Danielle |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Political Science |
| Primary advisor | Brady, David |
| Thesis advisor | Brady, David |
| Thesis advisor | Fiorina, Morris P |
| Thesis advisor | Reich, Rob |
| Advisor | Fiorina, Morris P |
| Advisor | Reich, Rob |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Danielle Dani Harlan. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Political Science. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2011. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2011 by Danielle Dani Harlan
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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