The Impact of Judicial Activism on Public Opinion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6230395
AutoresRichard Lehne, John Reynolds (0000-0002-0885-4460)
Año1978
Volumen22
Número4
Páginas896
Fecha de publicación1978-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2110597
OpenAlexW2330265099
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas8

This research note explores the impact of judicial activism on public opinion by examining citizen evaluations of a state court system deeply involved in a highly political controversy. Data are derived from four surveys of New Jersey citizens conducted at different stages of the controversy. The note first appraises the prominence of the state supreme court and gauges the degree of public approval, and then it identifies and analyzes the correlates of the affective attitudes. The study is guided by familiar hypotheses from the empirical analysis of public support for the United States Supreme Court

Empirical research · Judicial activism · Judicial opinion · Majority opinion · Political activism · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · State (computer science · State supreme court · Supreme court · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law, Rights, and Freedoms · Public Administration