The Psychology of the Supreme Court

1. The Supreme Court: The Least Understood Branch 2. The Selective Nature of Supreme Court Justices 3. Steps in the Decision-Making Process 4. Day to Day in the Life of the Court 5. A Psychological Analysis of Decision Formation 6. The Rational-Choice Model in Judicial Decision Making 7. The Bush v. Gore Decision 8. How Individual Justices Affect Decisions 9. The Chief Justice: More Influential than Other Justices? 10. Can the Court's Decisions Be Predicted? 11. Evaluating the Process References Author Index Subject Index