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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 February 2019
      14 March 2019
      ISBN:
      9781108525367
      9781108422765
      9781108436939
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108525367
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.78kg, 450 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.67kg, 470 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Constitutional and Administrative Law, Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations
      Series:
      Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
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    Subjects:
    Constitutional and Administrative Law, Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
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    This book presents a quantitative history of constitutional law in the United States and brings together humanistic and social-scientific approaches to studying law. Using theoretical models of adjudication, Tom S. Clark presents a statistical model of law and uses the model to document the historical development of constitutional law. Using sophisticated statistical methods and historical analysis of court decisions, the author documents how social and political forces shape the path of law. Spanning the history of constitutional law since Reconstruction, this book illustrates the way in which the law evolves with American life and argues that a social-scientific approach to the history of law illuminates connections across disparate areas of the law, connected by the social context in which the Constitution has been interpreted.

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    ‘… this excellent book is positioned to significantly influence the path of future scholarship. First, it stands out as a model of how rigorous social scientific methods can enhance a detailed historical treatment of decision making on the Supreme Court. Clark also shines a spotlight on the question of how constitutional decision making may play out in an increasingly polarized political system - both external to the Court and among the justices themselves.’

    Patrick C. Wohlfarth Source: Law and Politics Book Review

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