Discretionary Review By the Supreme Court I: The Model (UMAP)

The frequency with which the Supreme Court of the United States hears cases on an issue often exhibits the pattern of starting out at a relatively constant level, then growing rapidly, leveling off briefly, and decaying to a new constant level. This module seeks to explain this pattern, and to describe it with a system of three first order difference equations.

Table of Contents:

1. THE PROBLEM

2. A THEORETICAL EXPLANATION
A Dynamic Model of the Process
Qualitative Behavior of the Model

3. CONCLUSION

4. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

5. BIBLIOGRAPHY

6. ACKNOWLEDGMENT