MEASURING THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPREME-COURT DECISIONS

Authors
BRENNER S
Citation
S. Brenner, MEASURING THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPREME-COURT DECISIONS, Law library journal, 90(2), 1998, pp. 183-192
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Law,"Information Science & Library Science
Journal title
Law library journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00239283
Volume
90
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
183 - 192
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-9283(1998)90:2<183:MTIOSD>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Researching the behavior of the United States Supreme Court often requ ires assessing the importance of particular decisions of the Court. Sc holars have used various methods to measure importance, but Professor Brenner suggests that most are flawed to a greater or lesser extent.