The past decade has witnessed a worldwide explosion of work aimed at illuminating judicial-
behavior: the choices judges make and the consequences of their choices. We focus on …

This chapter reviews the literature on private sector lawyering. First summarizing a long line
of literature following Marc Galanter's 1974 classic, it explores studies that investigate …

The law is permanently under construction. Most legal change is intentional. A legislator, a
court, or one of the law's subjects hopes to better achieve a purpose by switching from one …

By 2021, Japan will have the third-largest economy in the world, behind China, which is
currently the world's second-largest economy. China accounts for 17.9% of the global gross …

Empirical scholars have set out to refute Legalism in a simple version. Legalism has been
said to hold that “the law is 'out there', distinct from morals and politics, legal rules are …

This chapter provides an overview of computational text analysis techniques used to study
judicial behaviour and decision-making. As legal texts become increasingly digitalized …

Comparative judicial behaviour seeks to illuminate the choices judges make and the
consequences of their choices for society. This chapter begins with a brief discussion of …

Neither legal academics nor social scientists analyse judging solely through the 'law versus
politics' dichotomy. They have instead expanded their theoretical toolkit to include four other …

When lower court judges sit on panels with higher court judges, the former may learn from
the latter, enter into personal relationships with the latter, or both. Lemley and Miller's …

Yargı hepimizin hayatıyla iç içe bir alan olması sebebiyle ilgi odağıdır. Yargı kararları
herkesin hayatına bir şekilde dokunduğundan da her zaman tartışma konusu olmuşlardır …