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Introduction
Lawyers
1. Riddled with Exclusivity
Austin Carsh
2. Examining Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in the Legal Profession
Scott Hofer and Susan Achury
3. On Remand
Richard S. Price
Judges
4. Intersectional Representation on State Supreme Courts
Greg Goelzhauser
5. Women of SCOTUS
Jeanine E. Kraybill
6. In a Different Voice
7. Walking on Broken Glass
Shane A. Gleason; Scott A. Comparato; and Christine M. Bailey
8. The Transmission of Legal Precedent in the U.S. Court of Appeals
Kristen M. Renberg
9. Trump’s Judges and Diversity
Petar Jeknic; Rorie Spill Solberg; Eric Waltenburg; and Christopher Stout
10. The Appearance of Justice
Craig Alan Smith
Congress
11. The Relationship between the Federal Courts and the Two Congressional Judiciary Committees
Mark C. Miller
12. Senatorial Speeches from Thomas to Kavanaugh
Molly Stone; Carol Moreno; Lauren Sluss; Rorie Spill Solberg; and Eric Waltenburg
Interest Groups
13. Opposition to Abortion, Then and Now
Laura P. Moyer; Alyson Hendricks-Benton; and Megan Balcom
14. Institutional Determinants of Amici Filings across State Supreme Courts
Jenna Becker Kane
Civil Courts
15. How Much is a Leg Worth?
Tao Dumas
16. On Their Best Behavior?
John Wagner Givens
Appellate Courts
17. Judicial Discretion and US Supreme Court Agenda Setting
Elizabeth A. Lane; Jessica A. Schoenherr; Rachel A. Schutte; and Ryan C. Black
18. An Empirical Examination of the Business of the Montana Supreme Court
William P. McLauchlan
19. Constitutional Interpretation Styles of US Supreme Court Justices
Adam G. Rutkowski
20. Mother Nature, Lady Justice
Jonathan A. Picado and Rebecca A. Reid
21. Strategic Activism
Shannon Ishiyama Smithey
22. Human Rights and Court Activism in the Mexican Supreme Court
Rebecca A. Reid
23. Explaining Dissent Rates on a Consensual Danish Supreme Court
Henrik Litleré Bentsen; Mark Jonathan McKenzie; and Jon Kåre Skiple
24. At the Intersection of Law and Identity
Aidan González; Bailey R. Fairbanks; and Shane A. Gleason
25. To Publish or Not Publish
Susan W. Johnson; Ronald Stidham; Kenneth L. Manning; and Robert A. Carp
26. The Impact of Democratic Consolidation on Public Confidence in Courts
Michael P. Fix; Kirk A. Randazzo; and Ana R. Martin
27. Influence of Politicians on Public Support for the Judiciary
Miles T. Armaly
28. Experimentally Measuring Responsiveness to Criticisms of the US Supreme Court as Antidemocratic
Kyle J. Morgan
29. Public Attitudes toward State Courts
Kenneth E. Fernandez and Jason A. Husser
30. Does the US Supreme Court Respond to Public Opinion?
Ben Johnson and Logan Strother
31. The Language of Newspaper Coverage of the US Supreme Court
Douglas Rice
32. Black Robes in the Limelight
Joseph P. Bolton and Christopher D. Kromphardt
33. Issue Emergence and Evolution in the US Supreme Court
Richard L. Pacelle Jr. and Barry W. Pyle
34. Race and the Death Penalty in Tennessee, 1977–2016
John M. Scheb II and Hemant K. Sharma
35. Trial Court Policy Making
Shannon Ishiyama Smithey and Kristenne M. Robison
36. High Courts and International Norms Institutionalization
Rebecca A. Reid and Kirk A. Randazzo
37. Courts as Colonizers or Protectors?
Alan Cardenas and Rebecca A. Reid
About the Authors
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Recommended Citations
Versioning
Court Procedures
Dumas, Tao. “How Much is a Leg Worth? What do Civil Trial Courts do, and Why Should We Care?”
Givens, John Wagner. “On Their Best Behavior? Foreign Plaintiffs in Chinese Administrative Litigation”
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