The Elevator Effect
Contact and Collegiality in the American Judiciary
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 21 August 2023
- ISBN 9780197625408
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages304 pages
- Size 236x163x25 mm
- Weight 549 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 29 422
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Short description:
Drawing on an original and impressive collection of data, The Elevator Effect comprehensively examines the importance of interpersonal relationships among judges for judicial decision-making and legal development. A clear and readable narrative backed by analysis of judicial behavior throughout the U.S. federal judicial hierarchy, this work demonstrates that the institutional structure in which judges operate substantially tempers judicial behavior.
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Appellate judges wield enormous influence in the United States. Their decisions define the scope of legislative and executive power, adjudicate relationships between the federal government and the states, and determine the breadth of individuals' rights and liberties. But, compared to their colleagues on trial courts, they face a significant constraint on their power: their colleagues.
The Elevator Effect: Contact and Collegiality in the American Judiciary presents a comprehensive, first of its kind examination of the importance of interpersonal relationships among judges for judicial decision-making and legal development. Regarding decision-making, the authors demonstrate that more frequent interpersonal contact among judges diminishes the role of ideology in judicial decision-making to the point where it is both substantively and statistically imperceptible. This finding stands in stark contrast to judicial decision-making accounts that present ideology as an unwavering determinant of judicial choice. With regard to legal development, the book shows that collegiality affects both the language that judges use to express their disagreement with one another and the precedents they choose to support their arguments. Thus, the overriding argument of The Elevator Effect is that collegiality affects nearly every aspect of judicial behavior.
The authors draw on an impressive and unique original collection of data to untangle the relationship between judges' interpersonal relationships and the law they produce. The Elevator Effect presents a clear and highly readable narrative backed by analysis of judicial behavior throughout the U.S. federal judicial hierarchy to demonstrate that the institutional structure in which judges operate substantially tempers judicial behavior. Written in a broad and accessible style, this book will captivate students across a range of disciplines, such as law, political sciences, and empirical legal studies, and also policymakers and the public.
Although judges often stress the meaningful role of collegiality in the decision-making process, scholars just as often denigrate it. Until now. Using original and unique data, The Elevator Effect demonstrates that collegiality reduces the role of ideology in judging and influences the language of judicial opinions. The results are so persuasive that they ought do more than deter future dismissals of the importance of collegiality; they should encourage research into this crucial aspect of judicial behavior.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: The Missing Link: The Importance of Collegiality for Judicial Behavior
Chapter 2: Understanding Collegiality
Chapter 3: Interpersonal Contact and Publicizing Disagreement
Chapter 4: Why Does Collegiality Matter?
Chapter 5: The Supreme Court: From the Boarding House to the Marble Temple
Chapter 6: The Lunchroom Politics of Intercourt Relations
Chapter 7: Collegiality and the Language of Dissent
Chapter 8: The Impact of Relationships on the Use of Precedent
Chapter 9: Taking Collegiality Seriously in Designing and Studying Courts
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