期刊名称:Washington University Journal of Law & Policy
印刷版ISSN:1533-4686
电子版ISSN:1943-0000
出版年度:2009
卷号:29
期号:1
页码:241-261
出版社:Washington University School of Law
摘要:Part I of this Essay focuses on what Justices and scholars have written and said about oral arguments generally and the role these proceedings play in the Court’s decision-making process. Part II examines the few existing studies that address the question posed here. Part III lays out the data used to test this hypothesis; Part IV presents the methodology; and Part V discusses the results.