United States Supreme Court Judicial Data Base, Phase II : User's Guide (Teaching Texts in Law and Politics)

A guide to the data base of US Supreme Court decisions 1953-86 constructed by a team of researchers beginning in the 1980s. Documents each of the codes used, details how the variables were coded, and considers the reliability of the results. The data addresses the values expressed in the majority and other opinions, the attributes of the litigants in each case, and the extent of participation by amicus curiae. No index or bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.