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Majority opinion
About: Majority opinion is a(n) research topic. Over the lifetime, 4107 publication(s) have been published within this topic receiving 54845 citation(s). The topic is also known as: opinion of the court.
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TL;DR: In this article, two leading scholars of the US Supreme Court and its policy making, systematically present and validates the use of the attitudinal model to explain and predict Supreme Court decision making.
Abstract: This book, authored by two leading scholars of the Supreme Court and its policy making, systematically presents and validates the use of the attitudinal model to explain and predict Supreme Court decision making. In the process, it critiques the two major alternative models of Supreme Court decision making and their major variants: the legal and rational choice. Using the US Supreme Court Data Base, the justices' private papers, and other sources of information, the book analyzes the appointment process, certiorari, the decision on the merits, opinion assignments, and the formation of opinion coalitions. The book will be the definitive presentation of the attitudinal model as well as an authoritative critique of the legal and rational choice models. The book thoroughly reflects research done since the 1993 publication of its predecessor, as well as decisions and developments in the Supreme Court, including the momentous decision of Bush v. Gore.
895 citations
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01 Jan 1984
TL;DR: Noelle-Neumann as mentioned in this paper examined public opinion as a form of social control in which individuals, almost instinctively sensing the opinions of those around them, shape their behaviour to prevailing attitudes about what is acceptable.
Abstract: In this work, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann examines public opinion as a form of social control in which individuals, almost instinctively sensing the opinions of those around them, shape their behaviour to prevailing attitudes about what is acceptable. For the second edition, Noelle-Neumann has added three new chapters: the first discusses new discoveries in the history of public opinion; the second continues the author's efforts to construct a comprehensive theory of public opinion, addressing criticisms and defences of her "spiral of silence" theory that have appeared since 1980; the third offers a concise and updated summary of the book's arguments.
867 citations
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01 Jan 1961
805 citations
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26 Feb 1993
TL;DR: A political history of the Supreme Court can be found in this paper, where the authors present a model of decision-making in the court and the decision-on-the-merits process.
Abstract: Preface 1. Introduction: Supreme Court policy making 2. Models of decision making 3. A political history of the Supreme Court 4. Staffing the Court 5. Getting into court 6. The decision on the merits process 7. Opinion assignment and opinion coalitions 8. The Supreme Court and constitutional democracy 9. The impact of judicial decisions 10. Conclusion Appendix Index.
714 citations
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01 Jan 1962
TL;DR: In this article, the power of the Supreme Court and its relationship with other political institutions is examined, and specific cases which illustrate the relationship between the court and other institutions are discussed.
Abstract: Examines the power of the Supreme Court and cites specific cases which illustrate its relationship with other political institutions
689 citations