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Pioneering Change In The Centennial Year, Claire M. Germain
Pioneering Change In The Centennial Year, Claire M. Germain
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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Oxford: A Haven For Sabbaticals And Other Visits, Robert S. Summers
Oxford: A Haven For Sabbaticals And Other Visits, Robert S. Summers
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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Judges And Ideology: Public And Academic Debates About Statistical Measures, Gregory C. Sisk, Michael Heise
Judges And Ideology: Public And Academic Debates About Statistical Measures, Gregory C. Sisk, Michael Heise
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Scholars who use empirical methods to study the behavior of judges long have labored in relative obscurity, unknown outside of academic circles (and indeed they only recently have emerged into the mainstream of the legal academy). However, the seclusion of the ivory tower has been breached as public attention has become increasingly focused upon studies that suggest the influence of ideological or partisan variables upon the outcomes of court cases. Over the last few years, the statistical work of scholars on judicial decisionmaking has provoked controversy in the wider legal community and has been enlisted by one side of the …