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The Role of the Chief Justice
Lawrence S. Wrightsman
- pp 83-103
TLDR
In more than 200 years, fewer than 20 persons have held the title of Chief Justice of the United States as discussed by the authors, and it has become commonplace to identify the Court at different times by the name of its chief justice implying that the chief justice exceeds his brethren in power as well as in prestige.Abstract:
In more than 200 years, fewer than 20 persons have held the title Chief Justice of the United States. It has become commonplace to identify the Court at different times by the name of its chief justice (e.g., “the Warren Court,” “the Rehnquist Court”) implying that the chief justice exceeds his brethren in power as well as in prestige—but does the chief really have a heightened ability to persuade the other justices? This chapter examines the influence of the chief justice on the other judges.read more
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Reconsidering Judicial Preferences
Lee Epstein,Jack Knight +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a more realistic conception of judicial motivations and suggest how different approaches to the study of law and legal institutions can contribute to this new avenue of research.
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The law of attraction: How similarity between judges and lawyers helps win cases in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Mark D. Verhagen,Julius Yam +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a new dimension of similarity, namely education and workplace similarity between lawyers and judges, and its impact on judicial outcomes was examined, showing that lawyers who are more similar to judges perform significantly better in terms of winning cases.
Journal ArticleDOI
Interpretation of The Legal Values and Justice in The Living Law Related To Court Decision
TL;DR: In this article, the performance of judges in deciding on a legal dispute that is faced is a work process looking for legal norms both in the legislation and legal norms that live in the community.