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An investigation of how US Supreme Court justices alter the clarity of their opinions based on expected reactions from their audiences.

Written opinions are the primary means by which judges communicate with external actors. These sentiments include the parties to the case itself, but also more

In the Opinion of the Court, the first close examination of judicial opinions as a literary genre, looks at opinions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court, the

What motivates judges as decision makers? Political scientist Lawrence Baum offers a new perspective on this crucial question, a perspective based on judges' in

"This book is the first study specifically to investigate the extent to which US Supreme Court justices alter the clarity of their opinions based on expected re