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Henricks, Wallace Gely, Rafael 2011-05-07T12:20:05Z 2011-05-07T12:20:05Z 10000-01-01 1992 The role that the United States Supreme Court has played in the development of public policy in general, and labor policy in particular, has been the subject of substantial research. Most of this research, however, has been mainly normative, with little attention been paid to the political context in which the Court operates. This dissertation attempts to address this allusive issue. A theoretical model is developed that accounts for the political environment in which the Court operates. This model assumes that the Court is a rational political actor which maximizes its utility by strategically selecting public policy outcomes. Data collected from Supreme Court labor relations opinions was used to empirically test the model. In general, the findings support the notion that the political context matters at the judicial level. An implication of this model is that alternative models are needed in explaining the behavior of the courts and in fully understanding the role that the Court plays in the American system of government. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:20:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9215813.pdf: 11327914 bytes, checksum: 8193ccf0cd98e5243bf79d842e8b53d2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1992 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:39:44Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:16:49-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI9215813 (UMI)AAI9215813 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19834 eng Copyright 1992 Gely, Rafael Law Economics, Labor Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations The Supreme Court and labor policy: A rational choice perspective text Labor and Employment Relations Labor and Employment Relations University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.