United States Supreme Court Judicial Data Base, Phase II: User's Guide (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780820437163)

For nearly a decade, a team of researchers was busily at work preparing a data base on the decisions of the United States Supreme Court. This book documents those efforts. Specifically, this book is a codebook and a user's guide to the data. In addition to documenting each of the codes in the data set, this book also provides specific details on how the variables were coded, as well as information about the reliability of the results. Three major aspects of these decisions are addressed: the values expressed in the opinions of the Court (including concurrences, dissents, etc.), the attributes of the litigants in each case, and the nature and extent of participation in the litigation by amicus curiae.

Author: David A. Schultz,James L. Gibson
ISBN-10: 0820437166
ISBN-13: 9780820437163
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 12/01/1997
Pages: 379
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 8.92h x 5.94w x 0.79d