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Two Law Review Articles

By Stuart Buck, Esq.

Two new law review articles from professors who clerked for Judge Stephen Williams: Does Political Bias in the Judiciary Matter?: Implications of Judicial Bias Studies for Legal and Constitutional ReformERIC A. POSNERUniversity of Chicago Law School; University of Chicago Press January 1, 2008U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 377U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 195 Abstract: Recent empirical scholarship that shows that judges decide cases in a manner that is consistent with their political biases has motivated a stream of proposals for reform, including judicial term limits, limitations on judicial review of statutes and agency actions, revision of the judicial appointments process, and mandatory mixed party representation on judicial panels...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).