Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making

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Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making is written by Paul M. Collins, Jr. and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199707227 (ISBN 10) and 9780199707225 (ISBN 13).

The U.S. Supreme Court is a public policy battleground in which organized interests attempt to etch their economic, legal, and political preferences into law through the filing of amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs. In Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making, Paul M. Collins, Jr. explores how organized interests influence the justices' decision making, including how the justices vote and whether they choose to author concurrences and dissents. Collins presents theories of judicial choice derived from disciplines as diverse as law, marketing, political science, and social psychology. This theoretically rich and empirically rigorous treatment of decision-making on the nation's highest court, which represents the most comprehensive examination ever undertaken of the influence of U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs, provides clear evidence that interest groups play a significant role in shaping the justices' choices.