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Full-Text Articles in Judges
The New Old Legal Realism, Tracey E. George, Mitu Gulati, Ann C. Mcginley
The New Old Legal Realism, Tracey E. George, Mitu Gulati, Ann C. Mcginley
Northwestern University Law Review
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Diversifying The Federal Bench: Is Universal Legitimacy For The U.S. Justice System Possible?, Nancy Scherer
Diversifying The Federal Bench: Is Universal Legitimacy For The U.S. Justice System Possible?, Nancy Scherer
Northwestern University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Realism About Judges, Richard A. Posner
Realism About Judges, Richard A. Posner
Northwestern University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Beyond Principal-Agent Theories: Law And The Judicial Hierarchy, Pauline T. Kim
Beyond Principal-Agent Theories: Law And The Judicial Hierarchy, Pauline T. Kim
Northwestern University Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Chief Justice, The Appointment Of Inferior Officers, And The "Court Of Law" Requirement, James E. Pfander
The Chief Justice, The Appointment Of Inferior Officers, And The "Court Of Law" Requirement, James E. Pfander
Northwestern University Law Review
In addition to his judicial duties, the Chief Justice presides over a sprawling judicial bureaucracy. Each year, the Chief fills positions within that bureaucracy, designating Article III judges to various specialty courts and appointing such officers as the director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Although critics worry that the Chief may use his appointment role to shape Third Branch policy unduly, scholars view the role as constitutionally benign. This Article questions the Chief’s role. The Constitution authorizes Congress to vest the appointment of inferior officers in the “courts of law” but not the Chief Justice. History teaches …
A Typology Of Judging Styles, Corey Rayburn Yung
A Typology Of Judging Styles, Corey Rayburn Yung
Northwestern University Law Review
This Article calls into question the fundamental premises of models of judicial decisionmaking utilized by legal and political science scholars. In the place of the predominant theories, I offer a new approach to understanding judicial behavior which recognizes judicial heterogeneity, multidimensional behavior, and interconnectedness among judges at different levels within the judiciary. The study utilizes a unique dataset of over 30,000 judicial votes from eleven courts of appeals in 2008, yielding statistically independent measures for judicial activism, ideology, independence, and partisanship. Based upon those four metrics, statistical cluster analysis is used to identify nine statistically distinct judging styles: Trailblazing, Consensus …