Values in the Supreme Court : Decisions, Division and Diversity (9781509921850)

This book examines the significance of values in Supreme Court decision making. Drawing on theories and techniques from psychology, it focuses on the content analysis of judgments and uses a novel methodology to reveal the values that underpin decision making. The book centres on cases which divide judicial opinion: Dworkin's hard cases 'in which the result is not clearly dictated by statute or precedent'. In hard cases, there is real uncertainty about the legal rules that should be applied, and factors beyond traditional legal sources may influence the decision-making process. It is in these uncertain cases - where legal developments can rest on a single judicial decision - that values are revealed in the judgments. The findings in this book have significant implications for developments in law, judicial decision making and the appointment of the judiciary.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 232 pages
• Dimensions 156 x 234 x 14.22mm | 512g
• Publication date 20 Feb 2020
• Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Imprint Hart Publishing
• Publication City/Country Oxford, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 1509921850
• ISBN13 9781509921850
• Bestsellers rank 905,266

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