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Gender, Race, And Intersectionality On The Federal Appellate Bench., Todd Collins, Laura Moyer Jun 2008

Gender, Race, And Intersectionality On The Federal Appellate Bench., Todd Collins, Laura Moyer

Faculty Scholarship

While theoretical justifications predict that a judge’s gender and race may influence judicial decisions, empirical support for these arguments has been mixed. However, recent increases in judicial diversity necessitate a reexamination of these earlier studies. Rather than examining individual judges on a single characteristic, such as gender or race alone, this research note argues that the intersection of individual characteristics may provide an alternative approach for evaluating the effects of diversity on the federal appellate bench. The results of cohort models examining the joint effects of race and gender suggest that minority female judges are more likely to support criminal …


The Modern Movement Of Vindicating Violations Of Criminal Defendants' Rights Through Judicial Discipline, Keith Swisher Mar 2008

The Modern Movement Of Vindicating Violations Of Criminal Defendants' Rights Through Judicial Discipline, Keith Swisher

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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