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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Rebecca Mae SalokarPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S. Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S. Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9781566392600ISBN 10: 1566392608 Pages: 250 Publication Date: 28 July 1994 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Government's Lawyer 1. An Overview of the Office of the Solicitor General of the United States 2. The Cream of the Crop: The Fifth Floor of Justice 3. Untangling the Bramblebush: External Demands and Influences 4. Vested Interests: The Government as a Party Before the Supreme Court 5. Friend of the Court: The Government as Amicus 6. The Dilemma of Serving Two Masters: Strategies for Individual Rights Cases Conclusion: The Balancing Act: The Solicitor General and American Politics Appendix A: Solicitors General of the United States Appendix B: Organizational Charts Appendix C: Data Collection Notes Bibliography IndexReviews[T]he most comprehensive work thus far available on the executive branch's representative in Supreme Court litigation...What makes Salokar's book so important and...makes it stand alone in the literature on the solicitor general's role in the litigation process is that she demonstrates through careful, empirical analysis how the office has been used to advance the political and policy objectives of presidential administrations over time. --American Political Science Review Salokar's book is quite simply the best scholarly study to date of the solicitor general. --Choice I know of no comparable scholarly study of the Solicitor General... The unique set of quantitative data on the U.S. government cases that Salokar collected and analyzed...illuminates some of the important patterns in the decisions and success of the Solicitor General. --Lawrence Baum, Ohio State University Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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