Making good law or good policy?: the causes and effects of state supreme court judges' role orientations

Using multi-faceted data collection and empirical testing, this work discusses the variation in judges' role orientations, the role that personal institutional structure and judges' backgrounds play in determining judicial orientations, and the degree to which judges' orientations affect their decision-making.

The first study to provide cross-institutional research on state supreme court judges, the book expands and advances the literature on judicial role orientation.

As such, this book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers studying political science, public policy, law, and the courts.