The Chief Justice

Appointment and Influence

David J Danelski editor Artemus Ward editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:The University of Michigan Press

Published:30th Jul '16

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The Chief Justice brings together leading scholars of the courts whoemploy social science theory and research to explain the role of theChief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. They consider his appointment,office, powers, and influence both within the Court and in the Americansystem of government more generally. The chief justice presides overoral arguments and the justices’ private conferences. He speaks firstin those conferences, presents cases and other matters to the otherjustices, and assigns the Court’s opinions in all cases in which he voteswith the majority. In addition, he presides over the Judicial Conference ofthe United States, a policy-making body composed of lower-court federaljudges. As Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes wrote, the Chief Justiceof the U.S. Supreme Court is “the most important judicial officer in theworld.”

“This collection of essays presents the first comprehensively systematicstudy of the role and powers of the Chief Justice of the U.S. SupremeCourt. Inspired by and building on Danelski’s social psychologicalconcepts of leadership, these chapters provide an integrated analysis ofthe historical, institutional, and behavioral developments in the office ofthe chief justice. The authors represent the major scholars from the fieldof law and courts in the discipline of political science, and demonstratein their contributions the breadth of methodologies utilized in the field’sresearch.” - Nancy Maveety, Tulane University

ISBN: 9780472119912

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 38mm

Weight: 825g

464 pages