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Policy Making in an Independent Judiciary : The Norwegian Supreme Court by Eric N. Waltenburg (2015, Trade Paperback)

How do the justices of a nation's highest court arrive at their decisions? In the context of the US Supreme Court, the answer to this question is well established: Justices seek to enshrine their policy preferences in their decisions, but they do so in a manner consistent with 'the law' and in recognition that they are members of an institution with defined expectations and constraints. In other words, a justice's behaviour is a function of motives, means, and opportunities. Using Norway as a case study, this book shows that these forces are not peculiar to the decisional behaviour of American justices. Employing a modified attitudinal model, Grendstad, Shaffer and Waltenburg establish that the preferences of Norway's justices are related to their decisions. Consequently, this book shows how an understanding of judicial behaviour developed and most fully tested in the American judicial system is transportable to the courts of other countries.

Author
Eric N. Waltenburg
Publication Name
Policy Making in an Independent Judiciary : the Norwegian Supreme Court
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
254 Pages

Lc Classification Number
Kkn1587
Table of Content
1. Introduction - Politics and the Norwegian Supreme Court2. Institutional Structure and Process3. The Decisional Processes of the Norwegian Supreme Court4. Policy-Making by Appointment: The Composition of the Norwegian Supreme Court, 1945 - 20095. Public Economic Interests vs. Private Economic Rights6. The Presence and Effect of Women on the Court: Family and Criminal Law7. Government Friendliness of Supreme Court Justices8. 'The Super Legislators.' Supreme Court Justices as the Guardians of the Constitution9. Conclusion: Reflections on the Attitudinal ModelAppendix A Norwegian Supreme Court Justices 1945-2014, by Appointing GovernmentAppendix B The Ideology of Norwegian Supreme Court Justices
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Constitutional, History & Theory, General, World / European, Courts
Dewey Decimal
347.481035
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Law, Political Science

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