Add to ORKGIn twenty-five different experiments conducted on over 2,200 judges, we assessed whether judges\u27 political ideology influences their resolution of hypothetical cases. Generally, we found that the political ideology of the judge matters, but only very little. Across a range of bankruptcy, criminal, and civil cases, we found that the aggregate effect of political ideology is either nonexistent or amounts to roughly one quarter of a standard deviation. Overall, the results of our experiments suggest that judges are not politicians in robes
Throughout American history, judges and legal scholars have articulated and maintained a sharp separ...
One topic that has gone largely unexplored in the long debate over how best to select judges is whet...
In the realm of American jurisprudence, little draws more excitement or controversy than investigati...
In twenty-five different experiments conducted on over 2,200 judges, we assessed whether judges\u27 ...
A leading theory in the study of judicial behavior is the attitudinal model. This theory maintains t...
It is widely believed that the background and worldview of judges influence their decisions. This ar...
The study of judicial politics using empirical methods to gain insight into the process of judicial ...
Scholars who use empirical methods to study the behavior of judges long have labored in relative obs...
Over the last several decades, multiple schools of thought have emerged regarding what impacts judic...
Although there has been an explosion of empirical legal scholarship about the federal judiciary, wit...
Talk about judicial politics is ubiquitous in the press and academia today. Discussions of this topi...
How do judicial institutions and the choices judges make affect how the law develops? And how does e...
Two enormously influential perspectives on courts offer fundamentally different predictions about co...
This survey paper starts from the basic, and intuitive, assumption that judges are human and as such...
This Article reports the results of a study on whether political predispositions influence judicial ...
Throughout American history, judges and legal scholars have articulated and maintained a sharp separ...
One topic that has gone largely unexplored in the long debate over how best to select judges is whet...
In the realm of American jurisprudence, little draws more excitement or controversy than investigati...
In twenty-five different experiments conducted on over 2,200 judges, we assessed whether judges\u27 ...
A leading theory in the study of judicial behavior is the attitudinal model. This theory maintains t...
It is widely believed that the background and worldview of judges influence their decisions. This ar...
The study of judicial politics using empirical methods to gain insight into the process of judicial ...
Scholars who use empirical methods to study the behavior of judges long have labored in relative obs...
Over the last several decades, multiple schools of thought have emerged regarding what impacts judic...
Although there has been an explosion of empirical legal scholarship about the federal judiciary, wit...
Talk about judicial politics is ubiquitous in the press and academia today. Discussions of this topi...
How do judicial institutions and the choices judges make affect how the law develops? And how does e...
Two enormously influential perspectives on courts offer fundamentally different predictions about co...
This survey paper starts from the basic, and intuitive, assumption that judges are human and as such...
This Article reports the results of a study on whether political predispositions influence judicial ...
Throughout American history, judges and legal scholars have articulated and maintained a sharp separ...
One topic that has gone largely unexplored in the long debate over how best to select judges is whet...
In the realm of American jurisprudence, little draws more excitement or controversy than investigati...