This Article presents the results of a study conducted to see whether state supreme courts selected in states with dissimilar appointment systems differ in the way they decide criminal appeals. Comparing the criminal decisions of courts selected with different appointment systems may also suggest something about how different appointment systems impact judicial independence
Studies of criminal-court dispositions have traditionally aggregated courts along political and geog...
During its 2009 term, the U.S. Supreme Court decided 26 cases dealing with a criminal justice— relat...
The standard justification for the general prohibition against the evaluation of facts by appellat...
Although few dispute the appellate process\u27s centrality to justice systems, especially in the cri...
Every state provides appellate review of criminal judgments, yet little research examines which fact...
A key component of America’s adversarial, case-based system of law is that each case usually produce...
In this study I provide an empirical analysis of the judicial system. The main emphasis of this stud...
article published in law journalIs one circuit significantly more conservative or liberal than the ...
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association Scholars of state cour...
A host of scholars have argued that decision making in lower courts is at least partially determined...
The article aims to introduce the selection of systems used throughout the United States of America ...
Misdemeanor cases affect far more people than felony cases, outnumbering felony cases by more than t...
This paper brings a comparative perspective to an important procedural issue faced in many judicial ...
This Article uses comparative evidence to inform the ongoing debate about the selection and discipli...
The purpose of this research is to examine the key factors that influence judges’ decision- making i...
Studies of criminal-court dispositions have traditionally aggregated courts along political and geog...
During its 2009 term, the U.S. Supreme Court decided 26 cases dealing with a criminal justice— relat...
The standard justification for the general prohibition against the evaluation of facts by appellat...
Although few dispute the appellate process\u27s centrality to justice systems, especially in the cri...
Every state provides appellate review of criminal judgments, yet little research examines which fact...
A key component of America’s adversarial, case-based system of law is that each case usually produce...
In this study I provide an empirical analysis of the judicial system. The main emphasis of this stud...
article published in law journalIs one circuit significantly more conservative or liberal than the ...
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association Scholars of state cour...
A host of scholars have argued that decision making in lower courts is at least partially determined...
The article aims to introduce the selection of systems used throughout the United States of America ...
Misdemeanor cases affect far more people than felony cases, outnumbering felony cases by more than t...
This paper brings a comparative perspective to an important procedural issue faced in many judicial ...
This Article uses comparative evidence to inform the ongoing debate about the selection and discipli...
The purpose of this research is to examine the key factors that influence judges’ decision- making i...
Studies of criminal-court dispositions have traditionally aggregated courts along political and geog...
During its 2009 term, the U.S. Supreme Court decided 26 cases dealing with a criminal justice— relat...
The standard justification for the general prohibition against the evaluation of facts by appellat...