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The Behavior of Federal Judges : A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Rational Choice.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (441 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674067325
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Behavior of Federal JudgesDDC classification:
  • 347.73/14
LOC classification:
  • KF5130
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- General Introduction -- Technical Introduction -- 1. A Realistic Theory of Judicial Behavior -- 2. The Previous Empirical Literature -- 3. The Supreme Court -- 4. The Courts of Appeals -- 5. The District Courts and the Selection Effect -- 6. Dissents and Dissent Aversion -- 7. The Questioning of Lawyers at Oral Argument -- 8. The Auditioners -- Conclusion: The Way Forward -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes, yet their behavior is not well understood, even among themselves. Using statistical methods, a political scientist, an economist, and a judge construct a unified theory of judicial decision-making to dispel the mystery of how decisions from district courts to the Supreme Court are made.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- General Introduction -- Technical Introduction -- 1. A Realistic Theory of Judicial Behavior -- 2. The Previous Empirical Literature -- 3. The Supreme Court -- 4. The Courts of Appeals -- 5. The District Courts and the Selection Effect -- 6. Dissents and Dissent Aversion -- 7. The Questioning of Lawyers at Oral Argument -- 8. The Auditioners -- Conclusion: The Way Forward -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes, yet their behavior is not well understood, even among themselves. Using statistical methods, a political scientist, an economist, and a judge construct a unified theory of judicial decision-making to dispel the mystery of how decisions from district courts to the Supreme Court are made.

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