{"product_id":"the-puzzle-of-unanimity-consensus-on-the-united-states-supreme-court-hardcover","title":"The Puzzle of Unanimity: Consensus on the United States Supreme Court - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePamela C. Corley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmy Steigerwalt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArtemus Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Supreme Court typically rules on cases that present complex legal questions. Given the challenging nature of its cases and the popular view that the Court is divided along ideological lines, it's commonly assumed that the Court routinely hands down equally-divided decisions. Yet the justices actually issue unanimous decisions in approximately one third of the cases they decide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on data from the U.S. Supreme Court database, internal court documents, and the justices' private papers, \u003ci\u003eThe Puzzle of Unanimity\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first comprehensive account of how the Court reaches consensus. Pamela Corley, Amy Steigerwalt, and Artemus Ward propose and empirically test a theory of consensus; they find consensus is a function of multiple, concurrently-operating forces that cannot be fully accounted for by ideological attitudes. In this thorough investigation, the authors conclude that consensus is a function of the level of legal certainty and its ability to constrain justices' ideological preferences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePamela C. Corley is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southern Methodist University. Amy Steigerwalt is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Studies at Georgia State University. Artemus Ward is Associate Professor of Political Science at Northern Illinois University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131156533383,"sku":"9780804784726","price":94.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9dcd1a90d828fc361c77cdb08cc74e37.webp?v=1732616754","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-puzzle-of-unanimity-consensus-on-the-united-states-supreme-court-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}