Collaborative Research: Documenting Collegial Interaction in Opinion Writing on the U.S. Supreme Court, 1969-1986 Terms

这项研究关注的是美国最高法院决策的集体方面，即联合意见的发展。PIS将产生一个数据库，记录大法官之间的互动，以撰写意见。该数据库将利用汉堡法院(1969-1985年)的个人文件中的资源，将大法官从发表意见到公开宣布法院裁决期间的每一项行动和决定编入目录。因此，数据库将记录分发的每一份意见草案，以及每一份备忘录的作者、收件人、日期和内容，以及每一份此类备忘录的位置。

This research is concerned with the collective aspect of decision-making on the United States Supreme Court, namely the development of joint opinions. The PIs will produce a data base that documents the interaction among justices as opinions are written. The database will catalog every action and decision of the justices between the assignment of the opinion and the public announcement of the Court's decision, drawing on resources found in the personal papers for the Burger Court (1969-1985). Thus the data base will document every opinion draft that was circulated, as well as the author, recipients, date, and content of every memo transmitted, as well as the location of every such memo.