From local trial courts to the United States Supreme Court, judges' decisions affect the fates
of individual litigants and the fate of the nation as a whole. Scholars have long discussed …

1640 UNIVERSITY OFPENNSYLVANIA LAWREVIEW [Vol. 151: 1639 greater than its
component elements." 3 Attrition, of course, literally means the gradual wearing down …

One of the most contentious issues in politics today is the propriety of electing judges. Ought
judges be independent of democratic processes in obtaining and retaining their seats, or …

This study suggests that state supreme court justices act strategically to minimize electoral
opposition. In order to appease their constituencies, justices who have views contrary to …

As papers presented at recent disciplinary conferences and articles published in major
political science journals reveal, the field of judicial politics is undergoing a sea change …

While studies of public confidence in institutions have long been a part of the public opinion
literature, systematic analysis of public confidence in America's lower courts has been …

In this paper, we explore linkages between electoral politics and judicial voting behavior in
the context of models that take into account personal, contextual, institutional, and case …

The premise of this paper is that while the comparative study of courts can address some
vitally important questions in judicial politics, these gains will not be secured without a valid …

Students of judicial behavior have increasingly turned to strategic accounts to understand
judicial decision making. Scholarship on the Supreme Court and state high courts suggests …

This study applies concepts derived from neo-institutionalism to coalition behavior in state
supreme courts, using a pooled cross-sectional time series design. Neo-institutionalism …