This book analyses those decisions that formally altered precedent.

List of tables and figures; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. A survey of the empirical literature; 3. A list of cases; 4. Some characteristics of the overruling and overruled cases; 5. The conference votes; 6. Attitudinal voting; 7. Personal and institutional stare decisis; 8. Ideology; 9. Conclusion; Appendices; Indexes.