Waltenburg and Swinford provide a detailed and systematic examination of state government activity before the U.S. Supreme Court. They provide an explanatory model of state litigation behavior that both rests upon a solid theoretical perspective and places state decisions in a larger political context.After an examination of the evolution of U.S. constitutional law on issues of direct state concern, Waltenburg and Swinford focus most of their attention on qualitative and quanitative analyses of the behavior over time of states in all their roles before the Court. Scholars and other researchers interested in judicial decision-making, Constitutional Law, and inter-governmental relations will find this a particularly useful study.
Author(s): Bill Swinford, Eric N. Waltenburg
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 176
Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1. Introduction......Page 14
2. The States and the Commerce Power......Page 22
3. A Federalist Jurisprudence?......Page 38
4. The Evolution of Advocacy: The Offices of State Attorney General......Page 56
5. Patterns of State Participation Before the Court......Page 70
6. A Model of State Participation Before the Court......Page 94
7. The Recent Court and the Pro-State Bloc......Page 112
8. Conclusion......Page 134
Appendix A: Survey Instrument......Page 138
Appendix B: Additional Information on Chapter 3 Scores......Page 148
Appendix C: Additional Information on Chapter 6 Analysis......Page 154
Table of Cases......Page 156
Bibliographical Essay......Page 160
Bibliography......Page 164
C......Page 170
M......Page 171
S......Page 172
W......Page 173
