Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables vii
4. List of Figures ix
5. List of Cases xi
6. Introduction 3
7. The Supreme Court’s Evolving Role 15
8. Theories of Supreme Courts’ Decision Making 40
9. The Process of Decision Making 71
10. The Dimensionality of Voting 94
11. Measuring Ideology and Justices’ Votes 120
12. The Socio-political Bases of Attitudinal Voting 135
13. The Attitudinal Model and the Puzzle of Unanimity 153
14. Conclusions: Attitudinal Decision Making and the Supreme Court 165
15. Appendices
16. Interviews with Justices by Donald R. Songer: Letter, Names and Dates, Protocol 177
17. Factor Analysis of Cases 183
18. Notes 187
19. Bibliography 195
20. Index 213