Patrick C. Wohlfarth's Books

Reveals how Supreme Court justices' personalities, particularly conscientiousness, influence the Law, the High Court, and the Constitution.

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 reactions from their audiences. The authors examine this dynamic by creating a unique measure of opinion clarity and then testing whether the Court writes clearer opinions when it faces ideologically hostile and ideologically scattered lower federal courts; when it decides cases involving poorly performing federal agencies; when it decides cases involving states with less professionalized legislatures and governors; and when it rules against public opinion. The data shows the Court writes clearer opinions in every one of these contexts, and demonstrates that actors are more likely to comply with clearer Court opinions.

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

Cognitive Aging and the Federal Circuit Courts: How Senescence Influences the Law and Judges considers recent advances in neuroscience to identify the effects of cognitive aging among federal circuit court judges to make timely recommendations about judicial independence and institutional reforms.

Book's by Patrick C. Wohlfarth

The Conscientious Justice

The Conscientious Justice

The Conscientious Justice

The Conscientious Justice

US Supreme Court Opinions and their Audiences

US Supreme Court Opinions and their Audiences

US Supreme Court Opinions and their Audiences

US Supreme Court Opinions and their Audiences

US Supreme Court Opinions and Their Audiences

US Supreme Court Opinions and Their Audiences

Cognitive Aging and the Federal Circuit Courts

Cognitive Aging and the Federal Circuit Courts

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