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Stare Indecisis: The Alteration of Precedent on the Supreme Court, 1946–1992

By Saul Brenner , Harold J. Spaeth

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1995
ISBN
9780511759215, 9780521451888
DOI
10.1017/CBO9780511759215
Google Books ID
U71p-yQeQ40C
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2231446 bytes)
Pages
166\166
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Although the concept of precedent is basic to the operation of the legal system, there has not yet been a full-length empirical study of why U.S. Supreme Court justices have chosen to alter precedent. This book attempts to fill that gap by analyzing those decisions of the Vinson, Warren, and Burger courts, as well as the first six terms of the Rehnquist Court--a span of forty-seven years (1946-1992)--that formally altered precedent. The authors summarize previous studies of precedent and the Court, assess the conference voting of justices, and compile a list of overruling and overruled cases.

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