MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008004248
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008 080129s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780195368628 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aKF8748$b.W752 2008
082 00 $a347.73/72$222
100 1 $aWrightsman, Lawrence S.
245 10 $aOral arguments before the supreme court :$ban empirical approach /$cLawrence S. Wrightsman.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2008.
263 $a0803
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aAmerican Psychology-Law Society series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aOral arguments : are they no longer essential? -- Justices' views on the significance of oral arguments -- The behavior of advocates before the Supreme Court -- Justices' questions and statements -- The idiosyncratic nature of justices' behavior during oral arguments -- Oral arguments in a landmark case -- Predicting votes from oral arguments -- Contentious issues.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bSupreme Court$xDecision making.
650 0 $aOral pleading$zUnited States.
650 0 $aForensic orations$zUnited States.