Policy Making in an Independent Judiciary: The Norwegian Supreme Court

by Eric N. Waltenburg, Gunnar Grendstad, William R Shaffer, et al.

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 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785521306
• ISBN13: 9781785521300
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: ECPR Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"