{"product_id":"the-puzzle-of-unanimity-pamela-c-corley-9780804784726","title":"The Puzzle of Unanimity: Consensus on the United States Supreme Court","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamela C. Corley, Amy Steigerwalt, Artemus Ward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804784728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804784726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford Law Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014","brand":"Pamela C. Corley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926233186559,"sku":"9780804784726","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2ebe4b62-bb4e-4e40-9de5-63b2a0b6e8e0.jpg?v=1681081938","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-puzzle-of-unanimity-pamela-c-corley-9780804784726","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}