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Policy making in an independent judiciary : the Norwegian Supreme Court / Gunnar Grenstad, William R. Shaffer and Eric N. Waltenburg.

Grendstad, Gunnar, 1960- author.; Shaffer, William R., 1942- author.; Waltenburg, Eric N., 1965- author.
2015
KKN1587 .G73 2015 (Mapit)
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Author
Grendstad, Gunnar, 1960- author.
Title
Policy making in an independent judiciary : the Norwegian Supreme Court / Gunnar Grenstad, William R. Shaffer and Eric N. Waltenburg.
Added Author
Shaffer, William R., 1942- author.
Waltenburg, Eric N., 1965- author.
Imprint
Colchester, United Kingdom : ECPR Press, 2015.
Copyright
©2015.
Description
xvi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
ECPR monographs.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: Politics and the Norwegian Supreme Court
Institutional structure and process
The decisional processes of the Norwegian Supreme Court
Policy making by appointment : the composition of the Norwegian Supreme Court 1975-2009
Public economic interests vs. private economic rights
The presence and effect of women on the court : family and criminal law
Government friendliness of Supreme Court justices
"The super legislators" : Supreme Court justices as the guardians of the constitution
Conclusion: Reflections on the attitudinal model.
Summary
"How do the justices of a nation's highest court arrive at their decisions? In the context of the US Supreme Court, the answer to this question is well established: justices seek to enshrine policy preferences in their decisions, but they do so in a manner consistent with 'the law' and in recognition that they are members of an institution with defined expectations and constraints. In other words, a justice's behaviour is a function of motives, means, and opportunities. Using Norway as a case study, this book shows that these forces are not peculiar to the decisional behaviour of American justices. Employing a modified attitudinal model, Grendstad, Shaffer and Waltenburg establish that the preferences of Norway's justices are related to their decisions. Consequently, the authors show how an understanding of judicial behaviour developed and most fully tested in the American judicial system is transportable to the courts of other countries"--Back cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KKN1587 .G73 2015
Language
English
ISBN
9781785521300 (paperback)
1785521306 (paperback)
9781785521430 (pdf)
9781785521447 (epub)
9781785521454 (Kindle)
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