Replication Data for: Dissent in Iberia: the Ideal Points of Justices on the Spanish and Portuguese Constitutional Tribunals

In this article, the non-unanimous decisions of the Portuguese and Spanish Constitutional Tribunals for the periods 1989–2009 and 2000–2009 are analysed. It is shown that judicial dissent can be predicted moderately well on the basis of judicial ideal points along a single dimension. This dimension is equivalent to the left–right cleavage in both Portugal and Spain. The characteristics of the recovered dimension are demonstrated by analysing both the properties of the cases and the properties of the justices who decided them.

本文针对1989—2009年以及2000—2009年两个时段内葡萄牙与西班牙宪法法院（Constitutional Tribunals）的非一致判决展开分析。研究表明，依托单一维度下的司法理想点位（judicial ideal points），可对司法异议（judicial dissent）实现中等精度的预测。该维度在葡萄牙与西班牙两国均等同于左右派分野（left-right cleavage）。通过分析涉案案件的属性特征与作出裁判的法官的属性特征，可验证该还原维度的特征表现。