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Informationen zum Autor Ryan C. Black is Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University and a faculty affiliate with the Michigan State University College of Law. He has published three books and over fifty articles or chapters in a variety of peer-reviewed political science journals, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journals, and law reviews. Ryan J. Owens is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Director of the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership, and a faculty affiliate at the University of Wisconsin School of Law. His work analyzes the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals, legal institutions, and judicial behavior. Justin Wedeking is Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky. He has co-authored three previous books and many articles in a variety of peer-reviewed journals and academic outlets. His work primarily analyzes the United States Supreme Court. Patrick C. Wohlfarth is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. His previous research has been published by Cambridge and various peer-reviewed journals. His work focuses on judicial behavior and legal institutions in the United States, including executive branch litigation, the impact of public opinion, and opinion writing. Zusammenfassung Supreme Court justices have personalities that influence their behavior and! in turn! legal development and the Constitution. This book exhaustively examines every part of the Court's decision-making process (and more) to reveal how justices' personalities influence the law! the High Court! and the Constitution. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. A theory about justices and conscientiousness; 3. Measuring justices' conscientiousness; 4. Conscientiousness and Supreme Court agenda setting; 5. Conscientiousness and legal persuasion; 6. Conscientiousness and the United States Solicitor General; 7. Conscientiousness and majority opinion assignments; 8. Conscientiousness and opinion bargaining; 9. Conscientiousness and Supreme Court Opinion Content; 10. Conscientiousness and the treatment of precedent; 11. Conscientiousness and public opinion; 12. Conscientiousness and recusal; 13. Conclusion....
