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1 online resource : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; THE SOLICITOR GENERAL AND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1: The Solicitor General and the Supreme Court; GOAL OF THE BOOK; OUTLINE OF THE BOOK; 2: The Office of the Solicitor General: "The Finest Law Firm in the Nation''; CREATING THE OFFICE; ORGANIZATION OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL; Centralization; Representation; SOLICITOR GENERAL SUCCESS; 3: Explanations for Solicitor General Success; THEORIES OF SOLICITOR GENERAL SUCCESS. |
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The Solicitor General as Agent of the Court. . .or Consummate Legal Professional?The Solicitor General as Repeat Player; Repeat Players and Experience before the Court; Repeat Players and Resource Advantages; Repeat Players and Truthful Information; The OSG as a Repeat Player; The Quality of OSG Attorneys; The Solicitor General as an Ideological Actor; The Solicitor General and the Separation of Powers; Selection Strategy; WHAT DO THESE THEORIES TELL US ABOUT SOLICITOR GENERAL INFLUENCE?; SUMMARY; 4: Solicitor General Influence and Agenda Setting; THE SUPREME COURT'S AGENDA STAGE. |
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THEORY AND HYPOTHESESGeneral Ideological Agreement; Specific Policy Agreement; Legal Agreement; The Conditional Relationship among General, Specific, and Legal Agreement; MEASURES AND DATA; General Agreement; Specific Agreement; Legal Considerations; Controls; METHODS AND RESULTS; DISCUSSION; 5: Solicitor General Influence and Merits Outcomes; COARSENED EXACT MATCHING: A PRIMER; DATA, MEASUREMENT, AND MATCHING; Attorney Experience; Net Resource Advantage; Net Number of Supporting Amicus Briefs; Petitioner Status; Ideological Congruence with the Court; METHODS AND RESULTS; DISCUSSION. |
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6: Solicitor General Influence and BriefsA SHORT HISTORY OF SUPREME COURT BRIEFS; DATA, MEASUREMENT, AND MATCHING; Brief Clarity; Attorney Experience; Case Salience; Information Quantity; METHODS AND RESULTS; Author Identity and Language Borrowing; Winning Status and Language Borrowing; Author Identity, Winning Status, and Language Borrowing; Author Identity, Winning (or Losing) Status, Mode of Participation, and Language Borrowing; DISCUSSION; 7: Solicitor General Influence and Legal Doctrine; STARE DECISIS AND THE EVOLUTION OF LEGAL DOCTRINE; Doctrinal Development and Justices' Preferences. |
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Doctrinal Development, Preferences, and External ConstraintsDATA, MEASUREMENT, AND MATCHING; Precedent Vitality; Ideological Distance; Inward Centrality; Number of Opinions; METHODS AND RESULTS; DISCUSSION; 8: Conclusion; SOLICITOR GENERAL INFLUENCE; THE EXPLANATION FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL INFLUENCE; Appendices; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 4: SOLICITOR GENERAL INFLUENCE AND AGENDA SETTING; Operationalizing the Separation of Powers; Model Parameter Estimates; Evidence of CVSG Case Importance; Justices' CVSG Voting Behavior; Front-Page Coverage by the New York Times; Final Merits Coalition Sizes. |
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Case Centrality in the Legal Citation Network. |
| Summary |
This book examines whether and how the Office of the Solicitor General influences the United States Supreme Court. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United States. Solicitor General -- Influence.
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United States. Solicitor General. |
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United States. Supreme Court.
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United States. Supreme Court. |
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Judicial process -- United States.
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Judicial process. |
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United States. |
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Owens, Ryan J., 1976-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Black, Ryan C. Solicitor General and the United States Supreme Court. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107015296 |
| ISBN |
9781139380133 (electronic book) |
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1139380133 (electronic book) |
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1139375849 |
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9781139375849 |
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9781139377270 |
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1139377272 |
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9781107015296 |
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1107015294 |
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9781139375849 |
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