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Goldman Sheldon

Judicial conflict and consensus : Behavioral studies of American appellate courts - Kentucky University Press Of Kentucky 1986 - 305p viii

Contents: Causes and consequences of conflict and its resolution in the Supreme Court / David J. Danelski --
Exploring the dissent patterns of the Chief Justices : John Marshall to Warren Burger / S. Sidney Ulmer --
Changing voting patterns in the Warren and Burger Courts / Edward V. Heck --
Felix Frankfurter, judicial activism, and voting conflict on the Warren Court / Harold J. Spaeth and Michael F. Altfeld --
Factors affecting variation in rates of dissent in the U.S. Courts of Appeals / Donald R. Songer --
Parameters of dissensus on shifting small groups / Justin J. Green --
Of judges, hobgoblins, and small minds : dimensions of disagreement in the Ninth Circuit / Stephen L. Wasby --
A microlevel analysis of appeals court conflict : Warren Burger and his colleagues on the D.C. Circuit / Charles M. Lamb --
Dissent in state Supreme Courts : patterns and correlates of conflict / Henry R. Glick and George W. Pruet, Jr. --
Measuring leadership through opinion assignment in two state Supreme Courts / Victor E. Flango, Craig R. Ducat, and R. Neal McKnight --
A longitudinal study of the docket composition theory of conflict and consensus / John A. Stookey --
Coalition building on the California Supreme Court : votes on access and the merits / Robert L. Dudley.

ISBN: 9780813115542

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Judicial Process - U S A 2. Appellate Courts

Dewey Class. No.: 347.730000 / GOL-2