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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1951/59811
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11401/71364
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.en_US
dc.formatMonograph
dc.format.mediumElectronic Resourceen_US
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dc.publisherThe Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
dc.typeDissertation
dcterms.abstractIn this dissertation I develop and test a theory of legal change that views the U.S. Supreme Court as operating within a complex legal and political framework. I argue that the Court uses the process by which it decides cases as an institutional tool, allowing it to exert influence in the broader political and legal environment. The Court does this by allocating agenda space to specific types of issues over others, and also by articulating legal doctrine in its written opinions that helps to shape outcomes outside of the immediate case. I test the implications of this theory in the context of both the Court's agenda setting and its written opinions. I find evidence of influence in these contexts not only from the justices but also from a variety of policy entrepreneurs that have a stake in the outcomes on the Court.
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dcterms.contributorSegal, Jeffreyen_US
dcterms.contributorLavine, Howarden_US
dcterms.contributorLebo, Matthewen_US
dcterms.contributorBartels, Brandonen_US
dcterms.contributorWahlbeck, Paulen_US
dcterms.creatorO'Geen, Andrew Joseph
dcterms.dateAccepted2013-05-22T17:35:19Z
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dcterms.dateSubmitted2013-05-22T17:35:19Z
dcterms.dateSubmitted2015-04-24T14:47:11Z
dcterms.descriptionDepartment of Political Scienceen_US
dcterms.extent178 pg.en_US
dcterms.formatMonograph
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dcterms.identifierOGeen_grad.sunysb_0771E_10701en_US
dcterms.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/1951/59811
dcterms.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11401/71364
dcterms.issued2011-08-01
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dcterms.publisherThe Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
dcterms.subjectInstitutions, Law, Legal Change, Supreme Court
dcterms.subjectPolitical Science
dcterms.titleLegal Change on the United States Supreme Court
dcterms.typeDissertation


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