Book

Are Judges Political? An Empirical Analysis of the Federal Judiciary

Andres Sawicki, Cass R. Sunstein, David Schkade and Lisa M. Ellman, Brookings Institution Press 2006 c. 128pp.

Preface

1. Studying Judges with Numbers

2. Ideological Votes and Ideological Panels

3. Nonideological Voting and Entrenched Views

4. Explaining the Data: Conformity, Group Polarization, and the Rule of Law

5. The Case of Big Decisions: Of Segregation, Abortion, and Obscenity

6. More Conservative than Thou? Judicial Voting across Circuits, across Presidents, and over Time

7. What Should Be Done? Of Politics, Judging, and Diversity

Conclusion: Law and Politics: A Mixed Verdict

Notes

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