Legal Argument Before The Supr

Download or read book Oral Arguments Before the Supreme Court written by Lawrence Wrightsman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the steps in the Supreme Court's decision-making process, only one is visible to the public: the oral arguments. By carefully analyzing transcripts of all the oral arguments available to the public, Professor Wrightsman provides empirical answers to a number of questions about the operation of oral arguments. This book provides a model for understanding the dynamics of judicial decision making from an empirical perspective.