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 strategic accounts of judicial-behavior. As in other approaches to judging, preferences and institutions play a central role but strategic accounts are unique in one important respect: They draw attention to the interdependent - i.e., the strategic - nature of judicial decisions. On strategic accounts, judges do not make decisions in a vacuum, but rather attend to the preferences and likely actions of other actors, including their colleagues, superiors, politicians, and the public. We survey the major methodological approaches for conducting strategic analysis and consider how scholars have used them to provide insight into the effect of internal and external actors on the judges' choices. As far as these studies have traveled in illuminating judicial-behavior, many opportunities for forward movement remain. We flag four in the conclusion.
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1. Introduction; 2. Building Strategic Accounts; 3. Conducting Strategic Analysis; 4. Strategic Analysis in Action I: Internal Accounts; 5. Strategic Analysis in Action II: External Accounts; 6. Moving Forward.
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In this Element we focus on strategic accounts of judicial-behavior: the choices judges make and the consequences of their choices.
Product details
ISBN
9781009048859
Published
2021-06-17
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Weight
100 gr
Height
225 mm
Width
150 mm
Thickness
5 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
62