Still the Least Dangerous Branch? Lessons from Current Law, Courts & Justice Research

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This page features compilations of links to data collections, authors, and journals for political science research on law. courts, and justice.

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Duke University Department of Political Science
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Independent Samples T-Test from Only Sample Size, Mean, and Standard Deviation
Todd Grande shows how to conduct t-test from descriptive statistics (7:38)

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Racial Segregation in American Prisons: How Widespread?
Racial segregation seems to be standard practice in prison. Prisoners are assigned to cells or...

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Why Did State Legislatures Give Up Power to Pick Presidential Electors?

Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

Volokh Conspiracy: .Posts about law and politics

Journal of Judicial Administration: .a leading forum for the discussion of contemporary issues impacting on judicial administration

Journal of Supreme Court History: .Published for the Supreme Court Historical Society, the journal and the society are dedicated to the collection and preservation of the history of the Supreme Court.

Crime, Law and Social Change: .peer reviewed journal that publishes essays and reviews addressing the political economy of organized crime whether at the transnational, national, regional or local levels anywhere in the world

Criminal Justice Studies: .a quarterly refereed journal, publishes articles that deal with substantive criminal justice and criminological issues

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Law Courts Justice Data Sites

Calculate Ideal Points of Federal Judges: .This program implements the Giles, Hettinger, Peppers (GHP) method of estimating ideal points of federal judges in common policy space.

Create Cross-Tabulations with US Circuit Court Data: .This resource allows you to analyze some of the variables coded in Phase Three of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals Database (2003-2010).

Comparative Constitutions Project: .Comprehensive data about the world's constitutions, download data page.

Empirical Study of Religious Liberty Decisions: .From Professors Gregory Sisk and Michael Heise

Gun Violence Archive: .online archive of gun violence incidents, provides near-real time data about the results of gun violence.

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New Articles with Replication Data

(Non)Renewewable Terms and Judicial Independence in the European Court of Human RightsØyvind Stiansen (2022) JOP, more info.