Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 220 citations · 0 references
LawConstitutional LawPolitical ScienceConstitutional ChangeJudicial PoliticsJudicial ReviewAbortion LawAbortion PoliticsJudicial BehaviorJudicial Decision-makingJudicial ReasoningReproductive RightsAbortion LitigationDeath Penalty LitigationDeath Penalty PolicyJudicial Agenda SettingLegal Frameworks For AbortionSupreme Court Case AnalysisSupreme Court Death Penalty JurisprudenceSupreme Court Decision-making
The authors analyze abortion and death penalty decisions by the Supreme Court and argue that they provide prime examples of abrupt legal change. After proposing that the strength of legal arguments has at least as much impact on Court decisions as do public opinion and justices' political beliefs, they focus on the way litigators propel certain issues onto the Court's agenda and seek to persuade the justices to affect legal change.