1.
Estimating Gender Disparities in Federal Criminal Cases
University of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper, No. 12-018
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 10 Sep 2012
Last Revised: 27 Nov 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Michigan Law School
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18,674
2.
The Subjects of the Constitution
Stanford Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 5, 2010, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 10-25
Number of pages: 85
Posted: 18 May 2010
Last Revised: 25 May 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads
5,787
3.
Robots in American Law
University of Washington School of Law Research Paper No. 2016-04
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 26 Feb 2016
Last Revised: 16 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Washington - School of Law
Downloads
5,606
4.
Patent Case Management Judicial Guide - Third Edition
UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2637605
Number of pages: 1230
Posted: 04 Aug 2015
Last Revised: 17 Sep 2016
Working Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Fenwick & West LLP, Independent, Tensegrity Law Group, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, Latham & Watkins, Covington & Burling LLP, Fenwick & West LLP, Morrison & Foerster, LLP and Morrison & Foerster, LLP
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5,525
5.
Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race?
Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 41, No. 2 (June 2012), pp. 347-383, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-07
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 02 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 28 Sep 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
Downloads
4,591
6.
Opinion on the Constitutionality of Robert Mueller's Appointment
Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 18-14
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 25 May 2018
Last Revised: 19 Jun 2018
Working Paper Series
Downloads
4,590
7.
Brexit: A Drama in Six Acts
European Law Review August 2016, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 45/2016
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 11 Jul 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
Downloads
4,316
8.
Precedent
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 16 May 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads
4,230
9.
A General Approach for Predicting the Behavior of the Supreme Court of the United States
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 09 Jul 2014
Last Revised: 19 Jan 2017
Working Paper Series
Illinois Tech - Chicago Kent College of Law, Bommarito Consulting, LLC and South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads
4,154
10.
The Supreme Court's Judgment in Miller: In Search of Constitutional Principle
Cambridge Law Journal, July 2017, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 23/2017
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 13 Apr 2017
Last Revised: 19 Apr 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law
Downloads
4,113
11.
Justice, Interrupted: The Effect of Gender, Ideology and Seniority at Supreme Court Oral Arguments
103 Virginia Law Review 1379 (2017), Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 17-03
Number of pages: 108
Posted: 16 Mar 2017
Last Revised: 26 Dec 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Downloads
4,073
12.
Restorative Justice: What is it and Does it Work?
Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 1005485, Annual Review, 2007
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 10 Aug 2007
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Downloads
3,911
13.
Patent Troll Myths
Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 42, p. 457, 2012, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2012-2011
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 28 Mar 2011
Last Revised: 30 Sep 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Downloads
3,876
14.
The Case Against Free Speech
38 Sydney Law Review 407 (2016)
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 17 Jun 2014
Last Revised: 19 Dec 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago
Downloads
3,681
15.
Rational Judicial Behavior: A Statistical Study
U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 404, The Journal of Legal Analysis, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 775-831, 2009
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 29 Apr 2008
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago Law School and University of Chicago Law School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Rational Judicial Behavior: A Statistical Study
U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 404, The Journal of Legal Analysis, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 775-831, 2009
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 29 Apr 2008
Downloads
3,530
Rational Judicial Behavior: A Statistical Study
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 28 Aug 2009
Downloads
235
Downloads
3,530
16.
Institutions, Power and Institutional Balance
THE EVOLUTION OF EU LAW, p. 41, Paul Craig and Grainne de Burca, eds., Oxford University Press, 2011, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 48/2011
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 19 Aug 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
Downloads
3,479
17.
A Theory of Judicial Power and Judicial Review
Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 97, p. 723, 2009, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 08-013, Washington U. School of Law Working Paper No. 08-10-03
Number of pages: 79
Posted: 24 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 20 Mar 2009
Accepted Paper Series
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
Downloads
3,229
18.
In Praise of Realism (and Against 'Nonsense' Jurisprudence)
U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 138
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 28 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 07 Apr 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago
Downloads
3,120
19.
Professionals or Politicians: The Uncertain Empirical Case for an Elected Rather Than Appointed Judiciary
U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 357, 2nd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 23 Aug 2007
Working Paper Series
New York University School of Law, Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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3,120
20.
The New Legal Realism
University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming , U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 372, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 191
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago - Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
3,076
21.
Effective Brief Writing Despite High Volume Practice: Ten Misconceptions that Result in Bad Briefs
University of Toledo Law Review, Vol. 38, p. 1113, Summer 2007
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 11 Jul 2007
Accepted Paper Series
Rutgers School of Law - Camden and City of Philadelphia Law Department
Downloads
2,987
22.
Blinking on the Bench: How Judges Decide Cases
Cornell Law Review, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 07-25, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 07-32
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 02 Nov 2007
Accepted Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School, Cornell Law School and California Central District Court
Downloads
2,958
23.
Therasense v. Becton Dickinson: A First Impression
Yale Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 14, p. 226, 2012, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-38, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2012-02
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Last Revised: 03 Jan 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Iowa - College of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads
2,946
24.
The Rise of Contingent Fee Representation in Patent Litigation
64 Alabama Law Review 335 (2012)
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 24 Jan 2012
Last Revised: 29 Nov 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Downloads
2,919
25.
'No' Review of Philip Hamburger, 'Is Administrative Law Unlawful?'
Texas Law Review, Forthcoming, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 14-34
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 29 Aug 2014
Last Revised: 04 Dec 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School
Downloads
2,858
26.
The Food Stays in the Kitchen: Everything I Needed to Know About Statutory Interpretation I Learned by the Time I Was Nine
Green Bag 2D, Vol. 12, p. 337, 2009
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 28 Oct 2008
Last Revised: 20 Oct 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Georgia School of Law
Downloads
2,605
27.
Attorney’s Fees, Nominal Damages, and Section 1983 Litigation
William & Mary Bill of Rights, Forthcoming, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-32
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 21 Oct 2015
Last Revised: 13 May 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Georgia Law School and University of Georgia School of Law
Downloads
2,574
28.
Subsidiarity, a Political and Legal Analysis
Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 50, p. 72, 2012, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15/2012
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 26 Mar 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
Subsidiarity, a Political and Legal Analysis
Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 50, p. 72, 2012, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15/2012
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 26 Mar 2012
Downloads
2,558
Subsidiarity: A Political and Legal Analysis
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 50, pp. 72-87, 2012
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 10 Feb 2012
Downloads
2
Downloads
2,558
29.
Which States Have the Best (and Worst) High Courts?
U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 405, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 217, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Paper No. 236
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 10 Mar 2009
Working Paper Series
New York University School of Law, Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
Downloads
2,367
30.
The Judicialization of Mega-Politics and the Rise of Political Courts
Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 11, 2008
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 28 May 2008
Accepted Paper Series
University of Toronto
Downloads
2,357
31.
An Empirical Study of Class Action Settlements and Their Fee Awards
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 7, 2010, CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-10, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 10-06
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 31 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 17 Aug 2010
Working Paper Series
Vanderbilt Law School
There are 2 versions of this paper
An Empirical Study of Class Action Settlements and Their Fee Awards
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 7, 2010, CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-10, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 10-06
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 31 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 17 Aug 2010
Downloads
2,317
An Empirical Study of Class Action Settlements and Their Fee Awards
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 811-846, 2010
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 03 Jan 2011
Downloads
9
Downloads
2,317
32.
How to Save the Supreme Court
129 Yale Law Journal 148 (2019), Vanderbilt Law Research Paper 18-65, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 27 Nov 2018
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and Vanderbilt Law School
Downloads
2,269
33.
Judicial Independence in China: Common Myths and Unfounded Assumptions
La Trobe Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008/11
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 12 Oct 2008
Last Revised: 16 Nov 2008
Working Paper Series
La Trobe University - Faculty of Law and Management
Downloads
2,263
34.
Proportionality, Rationality and Review
New Zealand Law Review, p. 265, 2010
, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 5/2011
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 08 Feb 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
Downloads
2,238
35.
Understanding Legal Realism
St. John's Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-0133
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 13 Aug 2008
Working Paper Series
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
Downloads
2,197
36.
Piercing the Corporate Veil in International Arbitration
Global Business Law Review, Vol. 1, p. 169, 2010
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 23 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 29 Jun 2018
Accepted Paper Series
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
Downloads
2,179
37.
Before Roe v. Wade: Voices that Shaped the Abortion Debate before the Supreme Court's Ruling
Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 257
Number of pages: 406
Posted: 19 Aug 2012
Last Revised: 07 Sep 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Yale Law School and Yale University - Law School
Downloads
2,147
38.
Judicial Activism in India: A Necessary Evil
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 08 Jul 2008
Last Revised: 12 Jul 2008
Working Paper Series
National Law University, Jodhpur
Downloads
2,129
39.
The Next Innocence Project: Shaken Baby Syndrome and the Criminal Courts
Washington University Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 06 Mar 2009
Last Revised: 05 Oct 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Downloads
2,088
40.
Permissible Negligence and Campaigns to Suppress Rights
Florida Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 314
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 16 Nov 2016
Last Revised: 30 Mar 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Tennessee College of Law
Downloads
2,069
41.
Legal Reasoning
Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-09
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 07 Feb 2012
Last Revised: 14 Feb 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads
2,064
42.
Why We Need More Judicial Activism
Constitutionalism, Executive Power, and Popular Enlightenment, 2014 Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 13-3
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 08 Feb 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads
2,064
43.
Healing Fair Dealing? A Comparative Copyright Analysis of Canadian Fair Dealing to UK Fair Dealing and US Fair Use
CLPE Research Paper No. 28/2007, McGill Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 17 Sep 2007
Last Revised: 29 Oct 2014
Working Paper Series
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
Downloads
2,057
44.
Federal Rules of Statutory Interpretation
Harvard Law Review, Vol. 115, p. 2085, 2002
Number of pages: 75
Posted: 23 Jun 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads
2,050
45.
Judicial Power and the United Kingdom's Changing Constitution
University of Queensland Law Journal, edited by Richard Ekins and Graham Gee, December 2017, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 49/2017
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 20 Oct 2017
Last Revised: 01 Nov 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law
Downloads
2,046
46.
The Trouble with Amicus Facts
Virginia Law Review, Vol. 100 (2014), William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-273
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 15 Mar 2014
Last Revised: 09 Dec 2014
Accepted Paper Series
William & Mary Law School
Downloads
2,039
47.
Law and Neuroscience
LAW AND NEUROSCIENCE, (Aspen 2014, Forthcoming), Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper 14-12, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-19
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 19 Mar 2014
Last Revised: 27 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University - Department of Psychology and University of Minnesota Law School
Downloads
2,027
48.
Judicial Review in European Union Competition Law: A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment
TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2011-008, Tilburg Law School Research Paper No. 01/2011
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 28 Oct 2010
Last Revised: 19 Apr 2011
Working Paper Series
Tilburg Law & Economics Center (TILEC) and University of Liege - School of Law
Downloads
2,020
49.
Does Unconscious Racial Bias Affect Trial Judges?
Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 3, 2009, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 09-11
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 08 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School, California Central District Court and Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads
1,992
50.
Legal Formalism and Legal Realism: What Is the Issue?
Legal Theory, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2010, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 320
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 26 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 02 Sep 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago
Downloads
1,978
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