Us Supreme Court Opinions and Their Audiences

Informationen zum Autor Ryan C. Black is Associate Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University. Ryan J. Owens is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Justin Wedeking is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky. Patrick C. Wohlfarth is Assistant Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. Klappentext An investigation of how US Supreme Court justices alter the clarity of their opinions based on expected reactions from their audiences. Zusammenfassung This book shows the United States Supreme Court instrumentally uses opinion clarity to enhance compliance with its decisions and to circumvent negative audience responses. It employs a unique measure of opinion clarity that scholars can use in numerous contexts and highlights the importance of strategic language use. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. A theory: using opinion clarity to enhance compliance and manage public support; 3. Estimating the clarity of Supreme Court opinions; 4. Supreme Court opinions and Federal Circuit Courts; 5. Supreme Court opinions and Federal Agency implementors; 6. Supreme Court opinions and the States; 7. Supreme Court opinions and the secondary population; 8. Establishing compliance as a function of clarity; 9. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Ryan C. Black, Ryan C. (Michigan State University) Owens Black, Ryan C. Owens Black, Black Ryan C., Ryan J. Owens, Owens Ryan J., Justin Wedeking, Wedeking Justin, Wohlfarth Patrick C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781107137141
• ISBN: 978-1-107-13714-1
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Courts, LAW / Trial Practice, United States of America, USA, Law & society, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Law and society, sociology of law