United States Supreme Court Judicial Database, 1953-1997 Terms
This data collection encompasses all aspects of United
States Supreme Court decision-making from the beginning of the Warren
Court in 1953 to the completion of the most recent term of the
Rehnquist Court. In this collection, distinct aspects of the Court's
decisions are covered by six types of variables: (1) identification
variables including citations and docket numbers, (2) background
variables offering information on how the Court took jurisdiction,
origin and source of case, and the reason the Court granted cert, (3)
chronological variables covering date of decision, Court term, and
natural court, (4) substantive variables including legal provisions,
issues, and direction of decision, (5) outcome variables supplying
information on disposition of case, winning party, formal alteration
of precedent, and declaration of unconstitutionality, and (6) voting
and opinion variables pertaining to how individual justices voted,
their opinions and interagreements, and the direction of their votes.
Complete Metadata
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|---|---|
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"fn": "Ask BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics (USDOJ)",
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}
|
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| description | This data collection encompasses all aspects of United States Supreme Court decision-making from the beginning of the Warren Court in 1953 to the completion of the most recent term of the Rehnquist Court. In this collection, distinct aspects of the Court's decisions are covered by six types of variables: (1) identification variables including citations and docket numbers, (2) background variables offering information on how the Court took jurisdiction, origin and source of case, and the reason the Court granted cert, (3) chronological variables covering date of decision, Court term, and natural court, (4) substantive variables including legal provisions, issues, and direction of decision, (5) outcome variables supplying information on disposition of case, winning party, formal alteration of precedent, and declaration of unconstitutionality, and (6) voting and opinion variables pertaining to how individual justices voted, their opinions and interagreements, and the direction of their votes. |
| distribution |
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"title": "United States Supreme Court Judicial Database, 1953-1997 Terms ",
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|
| identifier |
"2045"
|
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|
| issued | 1990-12-04T00:00:00 |
| keyword |
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"Supreme Court decisions",
"Supreme Court justices",
"United States Supreme Court",
"case processing",
"court cases",
"disposition (legal)",
"judicial decisions",
"judicial review",
"legal history",
"twentieth century"
]
|
| language |
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"eng"
]
|
| license | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 2005-11-04T00:00:00 |
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"011:061"
]
|
| publisher |
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"name": "Bureau of Justice Statistics",
"@type": "org:Organization",
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}
}
|
| title | United States Supreme Court Judicial Database, 1953-1997 Terms |
