TY - GEN T1 - The puzzle of unanimity : consensus on the United States Supreme Court A1 - Corley, Pamela C., 1967- A1 - Steigerwalt, Amy, 1976- A1 - Ward, Artemus, 1971- LA - English PP - Stanford, California PB - Stanford Law Books YR - 2013 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn841909856 AB - The 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. Drawing on data from the U.S. Supreme Court database, internal court documents, and the justices' private papers, The Puzzle of Unanimity provides the first comprehensive account of how the C. OP - 201 CN - KF8742 .C69 2013 SN - 0804786321 SN - 9780804786324 SN - 9780804784726 SN - 0804784728 KW - United States. : Supreme Court. KW - États-Unis. : Supreme Court. KW - United States. : Supreme Court KW - Judicial process : United States. KW - Consensus (Social sciences) : United States. KW - Processus judiciaire : États-Unis. KW - LAW : Civil Procedure. KW - LAW : Legal Services. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : Judicial Branch. KW - LAW / Courts KW - Consensus (Social sciences) KW - Judicial process KW - United States KW - United States of America, USA. KW - Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law. KW - Legal systems: courts & procedure. KW - Law. ER -