Justice Sandra Day O'Connor : strategist on the Supreme Court /

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor : strategist on the Supreme Court /

This work analyses the judicial contributions of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the US Supreme Court. It describes how she used accommodationist decision-making strategies to influence the development of both constitutional law and the Court's norms of collegiality....

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Main Author: Maveety, Nancy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996.
Series:Studies in American constitutionalism.
Subjects:
O'Connor, Sandra Day, > 1930- > Influence.
United States. > Supreme Court.
Judicial process > United States.
Conservatism > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The accommodationist judge
  • Sandra Day O'Connor: a bioprofile
  • The juridical record: jurisprudential accommodationism
  • The juridical record: behavioral accommodationism
  • Religion, state, and community
  • Reproductive rights and burdens
  • Racial communities and communities of interest
  • Accommodationism and quiet leadership.