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Oral arguments before the Supreme Court : an empirical approach /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wrightsman, Lawrence S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:American Psychology-Law Society series.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court > Decision making.
Oral pleading > United States.
Forensic orations > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Oral arguments : are they no longer essential?
  • Justices' views on the significance of oral arguments
  • The behavior of advocates before the Supreme Court
  • Justices' questions and statements
  • The idiosyncratic nature of justices' behavior during oral arguments
  • Oral arguments in a landmark case
  • Predicting votes from oral arguments
  • Contentious issues.