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Judicial opinion
About: Judicial opinion is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5300 publications have been published within this topic receiving 64803 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how federal judges can use the content and outcome of their decisions to signal that they would be appropriate candidates for employment in the federal district court, and they find significant associations between promotion potential and judicial decision making in federal district bench.
Abstract: Standard economic analysis of judicial behavior, at least with respect to federal judges, has to some extent foundered on the apparent success of the Constitution's framers in designing an institution where almost the whole thrust of the rules governing compensation and other terms and conditions of judicial employment is to divorce judicial action from incentives. That is, the structure takes away the carrots and sticks and the different benefits and costs associated with different behaviors which inform human action in an economic model. Nonetheless, our earlier empirical work, as well as work by others, found significant associations between promotion potential and judicial decision making in the federal district bench. This earlier work left unclear, however, how district judges might use their positions to enhance their opportunities for advancement. In this paper we examine how federal judges can use the content and outcome of their decisions to signal that they would be appropriate candidates for e...
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TL;DR: In this paper, a review of recent case law on the admissibility of rape trauma syndrome evidence is presented, where the authors evaluate both the expert testimony provided and the judicial decisions in recent cases in light of current research.
Abstract: This article analyzes recent case law on the admissibility of rape trauma syndrome evidence. Because many rulings on the admissibility of this evidence have been based on judicial assumptions about human behavior, rather than on scientific evidence, we next describe psychological research relevant to concerns raised about its scientific reliability, helpfulness, and prejudicial impact. Following this review, we evaluate both the expert testimony provided and the judicial decisions in recent cases in light of current research. Finally, we provide suggestions for future psychological research that could 1 inform discussions of the admissiblity of rape trauma syndrome evidence.
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01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: The Selective nature of Supreme Court Justices is discussed in this article, where a psychological analysis of the decision-making process of the Supreme Court is presented, with a focus on rational-choice models.
Abstract: 1. The Supreme Court: The Least Understood Branch 2. The Selective Nature of Supreme Court Justices 3. Steps in the Decision-Making Process 4. Day to Day in the Life of the Court 5. A Psychological Analysis of Decision Formation 6. The Rational-Choice Model in Judicial Decision Making 7. The Bush v. Gore Decision 8. How Individual Justices Affect Decisions 9. The Chief Justice: More Influential than Other Justices? 10. Can the Court's Decisions Be Predicted? 11. Evaluating the Process References Index
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TL;DR: This paper used propensity score matching to obtain a purer estimate of the influence race has on the decision to petition a case to juvenile court and found that blacks were more 1.28 times more likely than whites to have their case petitioned to the juvenile court.
Abstract: Disproportionate minority contact is an important issue in contemporary juvenile justice. Few studies have directly examined the link between race and judicial decision to incarceration. Using official data from Pennsylvania (n = 41,561), this study added to this literature in two ways. This study used propensity score matching to obtain a purer estimate of the influence race has on the decision to petition a case to juvenile court. The results indicated that prosecutors use perceptual shorthand in making this decision that hinges on race. Specifically, blacks were more 1.28 times more likely than whites to have their case petitioned to juvenile court.
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