What justices want : goals and personality on the US Supreme Court / Matthew E.K. Hall, University of Notre Dame.
2018
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Title
What justices want : goals and personality on the US Supreme Court / Matthew E.K. Hall, University of Notre Dame.
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Copyright
©2018
Call Number
KF8748 .H357 2018
ISBN
9781108472746 hardcover
1108472745 hardcover
9781108462907 paperback
1108462901 paperback
1108472745 hardcover
9781108462907 paperback
1108462901 paperback
Description
xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1027735851
Summary
The most sophisticated theories of judicial behavior depict judges as rational actors who strategically pursue multiple goals when making decisions. However, these accounts tend to disregard the possibility that judges have heterogeneous goal preferences - that is, that different judges want different things. Integrating insights from personality psychology and economics, this book proposes a new theory of judicial behavior in which judges strategically pursue multiple goals, but their personality traits determine the relative importance of those goals. This theory is tested by analyzing the behavior of justices who served on the US Supreme Court between 1946 and 2015. Using recent advances in text-based personality measurement, Hall evaluates the influence of the 'big five' personality traits on the justices' behavior during each stage of the Court's decision-making process. What Justices Want shows that personality traits directly affect the justices' choices and moderate the influence of goal-related situational factors on justices' behavior.
Note
The most sophisticated theories of judicial behavior depict judges as rational actors who strategically pursue multiple goals when making decisions. However, these accounts tend to disregard the possibility that judges have heterogeneous goal preferences - that is, that different judges want different things. Integrating insights from personality psychology and economics, this book proposes a new theory of judicial behavior in which judges strategically pursue multiple goals, but their personality traits determine the relative importance of those goals. This theory is tested by analyzing the behavior of justices who served on the US Supreme Court between 1946 and 2015. Using recent advances in text-based personality measurement, Hall evaluates the influence of the 'big five' personality traits on the justices' behavior during each stage of the Court's decision-making process. What Justices Want shows that personality traits directly affect the justices' choices and moderate the influence of goal-related situational factors on justices' behavior.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Who they are and what they want
Goals and personality
Measuring justice personality
Agenda setting
Opinion assignments
Intra-court bargaining
Voting on the merits
Separate opinions
Behind the black robes
Appendix A. Agenda-setting analysis
Appendix B. Opinion assignment analysis
Appendix C. Intra-Court bargaining analysis
Appendix D. Voting on the merits analysis
Appendix E. Separate opinion analysis.
Goals and personality
Measuring justice personality
Agenda setting
Opinion assignments
Intra-court bargaining
Voting on the merits
Separate opinions
Behind the black robes
Appendix A. Agenda-setting analysis
Appendix B. Opinion assignment analysis
Appendix C. Intra-Court bargaining analysis
Appendix D. Voting on the merits analysis
Appendix E. Separate opinion analysis.