Psychiatric and Psychologic Opinions in Court

Psychologic Study of Judicial Opinions

Partiality and Disclosure in Supreme Court Opinions

This Essay begins by identiying the various kinds of partiality the Justices of the Supreme Court can have in the cases they decide. Although there is widespread recognition of the influence these biases might have, for the most part the Justices continue to write opinions as if they (and other judges) were entirely disinterested. This practice is often thought to be justified as a source ofjud...

Historical and Biblical references in physician-assisted suicide court opinions.

Who Controls the Content of Supreme Court Opinions

Conventional arguments identify either the median justice or the opinion author as the most influential justices in shaping the content of Supreme Court opinions. We develop a model of judicial decision making that suggests that opinions are likely to reflect the views of the median justice in the majority coalition. This result derives from two features of judicial decision making that have re...

The psychiatric evaluation of dangerousness in two trial court jurisdictions.