Browsing by Subject "Judges"

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    • The Ideological Consequences of Selection: A Nationwide Study of the Methods of Selecting Judges 
      Fitzpatricik, Brian T. (Vanderbilt Law Review, 2017)
      One topic that has gone largely unexplored in the long debate over how best to select judges is whether there are any ideological consequences to employing one selection method versus another. The goal of this study is to ...
    • The Invisible Revolution in Plea Bargaining 
      King, Nancy J.; Wright, Ronald F. (Texas Law Review, 2016)
      This article, the most comprehensive study of judicial participation in plea negotiations since the 1970s, reveals a stunning array of new procedures that involve judges routinely in the settlement of criminal cases. ...
    • Judges and Their Emotions 
      Maroney, Terry A. (Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 2013)
      This article has briefly set forth the fundamental flaws in the ideal of judicial dispassion, made the case that judges are best advised to engage with rather than suppress their emotions, and demonstrated how taking such ...
    • Judgment Calls: Principle and Politics in Constitutional Law 
      Sherry, Suzanna (Vanderbilt University, 2008-10-22)
    • Judicial Entrepreneurs on the U.S. Courts of Appeals: A Citation Analysis of Judicial Influence 
      George, Tracey E.; Berger, Jeffrey A. (2006)
      Federal courts of appeals are constrained by the power and preferences of the Supreme Court. The principal-agent model reveals that circuit judges gain power largely by avoiding review. We consider, however, whether circuit ...
    • Judicial Politics and Decisionmaking: A New Approach 
      Guthrie, Chris; Rachlinski, Jeffrey J.; Wistrich, Andrew J. (Vanderbilt Law Review, 2017)
      In twenty-five different experiments conducted on over 2,200 judges, we assessed whether judges' political ideology influences their resolution of hypothetical cases. Generally, we found that the political ideology of the ...
    • Levites and the Plenary Reception of Revelation 
      Christian, Mark Alan (2011-12-05)
      Department: Religion
      This project offers comprehensive theory to explain the origin of certain Pentateuchal passages that though few in number contrast sharply with the dominant traditions regarding the divine revelation at Mt. Sinai/Horeb. ...
    • Should Judges Do Independent Research on Scientific Issues? 
      Cheng, Edward K. (Judicature, 2006)
      Judges are deeply divided about the issue of independent research, which goes to the heart of their roles and responsibilities in the legal system. To many judges, doing independent research when confronted with new and ...
    • "The Threes": Re-Imagining Supreme Court Decisionmaking 
      Guthrie, Chris; George, Tracey E. (Vanderbilt Law Review, 2008)
      In this Essay--the first in a series of essays designed to reimagine the Supreme Court--we argue that Congress should authorize the Court to adopt, in whole or part, panel decisionmaking. We recognize, of course, that this ...