The Behavior of Federal Judges A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Rational Choice |
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| Author:
| Epstein, Lee
Landes, William M.
Posner, Richard A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-07068-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes, yet their behavior is not well understood, even among themselves. Using statistical methods, a political scientist, an economist, and a judge construct a unified theory of judicial decision-making to dispel the mystery of how decisions from district courts to the Supreme Court are made.
Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes, yet their behavior is not well understood, even among themselves. Using statistical methods, a political scientist, an economist, and a judge construct a unified theory of judicial decision-making to dispel the mystery of how decisions from district courts to the Supreme Court are made.