A growing theoretical literature identifies how the process of constitutional review shapes judicial decision-making, legislative behavior, and even the constitutionality of legislation and executive
This project contains all code used to conduct the empirical analysis of the paper Identity in Court Decision-Making by Ahrsjo, Niknami and Palme. Additionally, we describe and provide information abo
Recent research reveals judicial tendencies to decide cases more conservatively during times of war. Building on studies in political psychology, we use the observed movement in favor of increased sec
This dataverse contains data and code necessary to replicate the results in: Jonathan P. Kastellec. 2010. \"The Statistical Analysis of Judicial Decisions and Legal Rules with Classification Trees.\"
When deciding new issues, judges face uncertainty about how cases map into their existing understanding of the law. This uncertainty can lead to conflicting decisions on the same legal question, gener