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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Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

Ratio Juris: .A leading international journal of philosophy of law and general jurisprudence.

Social Justice Research: .nvestigating the origins, structures, and consequences of justice in human affairs

Journal of Experimental Criminology: .focuses on high quality experimental and quasi-experimental research in the development of evidence based crime and justice policy

Journal of Politics and Law: .Dedicated to promoting scholarly exchange among teachers and researchers in the field of politics and law.

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

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Law Courts Justice Data Sites

Judicial Workload, Jury Verdicts & Crime Data: .Links compiled by Harvard Law School Library.

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

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).

Constitute Project: .Beautiful online environment to read, search, and compare the world's constitutions

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 Law Courts Justice Articles with Replication Data

(Non)Renewewable Terms and Judicial Independence in the European Court of Human RightsØyvind Stiansen (2022)

All the President's Justices? The Impact of Presidential Co-Partisanship on Supreme Court Job ApprovalBrandon L. Bartels; *Eric Kramon (2022)

Ascriptive Characteristics and Perceptions of Impropriety in the Rule of Law: Race, Gender, and Public Assessments of Whether Judges Can Be ImpartialYoshikuni Ono; Michael A. Zilis (2022)

Can International Courts Enhance Domestic Judicial Review? Separation of Powers and the European Court of JusticeJay Krehbiel; Sivaram Cheruvu (2022)

Greater Public Confidence in the United States Supreme Court Predicts More Jurisdiction StrippingJoseph Ura; Patrick Wohlfarth (2022)

Hate Speech Prosecution of Politicians and Its Effect on Support for the Legal System and DemocracyRoderik Rekker (2022)

How Interpersonal Contact Affects Appellate ReviewMichael Nelson; Morgan Hazelton; Rachael Hinkle (2022)

Campaign Donations, Judicial Recusal, and Disclosure: A Field ExperimentDane Thorley; Jonathan S. Krasno; *Donald P. Green; Costas Panagopoulos; Michael Schwam-Baird (2021)

Constitutional Reform and the Gender Diversification of Peak CourtsNancy Arrington; Leeann Bass; Adam Glynn; Jeffrey K. Staton; Brian Delgado; *Staffan I. Lindberg (2021)

Descriptive Representation and Public Support for Supreme Court NomineesAndrew Stone; Jaclyn Kaslovsky; *Jon Rogowski (2021)

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Authors with Datasets

Joseph Ura .Texas A&M University

Tom Clark .Emory Univ., see dataverse.

Lee Epstein .Washington University in St. Louis, see dataverse.

Paul Wahlbeck .Mostly about the U.S. Supreme Court

John Kastellec .Princeton Univ., see dataverse.

Matthew Hall .University of Notre Dame, see replication data and large datasets.

Andrew Martin .Washington Univ. in St. Louis

Chris Bonneau .University of Pittsburgh, see dataverse page.

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