《JUDICIAL POLICIES IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT》

Chapter 1Responses to Judicial Policies1

Studying Responses to Judicial Policies2

Roe v. Wade: A Case Study of Judicial Impact4

A Model of the Implementation and Impact of Judicial Policies14

Summary25

Chapter 2The Interpreting Population29

Why and When Judicial Policies Must Be Interpreted32

Freedom and constraints in Interpreting Judicial Decisions33

Interpretive Responses by Judges38

Factors Affecting Lower Court Interpretations48

Summary70

Chapter 3The Implementing Population77

The Judiciary and the Implementing Population78

Implementing Groups as Organizations81

Program Adjustments after Judicial Decisions85

Summary102

Chapter 4The Consumer Population107

Characteristics of Consumers and Consumption108

Responses to Beneficial Decisions115

Responses to Adverse Decisions124

Summary135

Chapter 5The Secondary Population139

Public Officials and Judicial Policies141

Interest Groups and Judicial Decisions163

Media Coverage of Judicial Decisions170

Attentive and Mass Publics176

Summary180

Chapter 6Judicial Impact Theory185

Why Bother with Judicial Impact Theory?185

Psychological Theories of Judicial Impact189

Utility Theory: A Psychological-Economic Approach199

Communications Theory204

Organizational Theories210

Environmental Theories219

Summary221

Chapter 7The Impact of Judicial Decisions as Public Policy229

The Overall Impact of the Courts230

Judicial Impact in Four Public Policy Areas246

Summary268

Case Index273

Index279