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List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
General Introduction 1
Technical Introduction 17
Linear Regression
Logistic Regression
Miscellaneous Points
1 A Realistic Theory of Judicial Behavior 25
Three Concepts of Legal Realism
The Labor-Market Theory of Judicial Behavior
The Judicial Utility Function
The Legalist Countertheory of Judicial Behavior
Antirealism Personified: Judge Harry Edwards.
2 The Previous Empirical Literature 65
History
Ideology Measures
Previous Studies of Judicial Ideology
Other Influences
Appendix: Empirical Studies of Judicial Behavior
3 The Supreme Court 101
Data
Ideological Voting by Justices
Changes in Justices' Ideology
Unanimous Decisions: The Role of Ideology
Non-unanimous Decisions: The Role of Ideology
Non-unanimous Decisions: Group Effects.
Appendix: The Corrected U.S. Supreme Court Database.
4 The Courts of Appeals 153
Data
Explaining the Judges' Votes (1)
Explaining the Judges' Votes (2)
Group Influences in the Songer Data.
Ideology, Conformity, and Panel Composition Effects in the Sunstein Data
Appendix A The Original and Corrected Songer Database
Appendix B The Original and Expanded Sunstein Database
Appendix C Measures of Ex Ante Ideology of Supreme Court Justices, 1937-2009.
5 The District Courts and the Selection Effect 207
District Court Decisions Derived from the Sunstein Database
Ideological Influence on District Judges
Reversals
Dismissals
Another Selection Effect
The Paradox of Discretion
Ideology in Sentencing
6 Dissents and Dissent Aversion 255
Costs and Benefits of Dissenting
The Effect of Panel Composition
A Formal Model of Deciding Whether to Dissent
Empirical Analysis
Effects of Senior Status and Age on Dissent Rates
7 The Questioning of Lawyers at Oral Argument 305
Empirical Analysis
Number of Questions or Number of Words?
Explaining Variations in the Number of Questions and the Total Number of Words in Questions
Individual Justices
8 The Auditioners 337
Appointment and Promotion in the Federal Judiciary
Auditioning for the Supreme Court
Voting Behavior of Auditioners for the Supreme Court
Auditioning for the Courts of Appeals
Voting Behavior of Auditioners for the Courts of Appeals.
Appendix: Court of Appeals Judges in the Supreme Court Promotion Pool, 1930-2010
Conclusion: The Way Forward 385
Acknowledgments 405
Index 407
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