Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Policy making in an independent judiciary

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

927101596

Responsibility statement

Gunnar Grenstad, William R. Shaffer and Eric N. Waltenburg

Series statement

ECPR Press Monographs

Sub title

the Norwegian Supreme Court

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

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