Data for Law, Courts & Justice Research

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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 Appeal...
Data Sites | Law & Courts
Calculate Ideal Points of Federal Judges
This program implements the Giles, Hettinger, Peppers (GHP) method of estimating ideal points of federal judges in ...
Data Sites | Law & Courts
Judicial Research Initiative
From the University of South Carolina, easy to navigate site contains key datasets for judicial behavior research
Data Sites | Law & Courts
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
Archives and disseminates data on crime and justice for secondary analysis. The archive contains data from over 2,7...
Data Sites | Law & Courts
Martin-Quinn Scores
Contains the so-called "Martin-Quinn" measures of judicial ideology.
Data Sites | Law & Courts
Constitute Project
Beautiful online environment to read, search, and compare the world's constitutions
Data Sites | Law & Courts
EEOC Litigation Project
Data on federal court litigation brought from fiscal years 1997 to 2006, inclusive, by the Equal Employment Opportu...
Data Sites | Law & Courts
Federal Judicial Center Biographical Database
Extremely helpful resource for research on federal judges.
Data Sites | Law & Courts
High Courts Judicial Database
The High Courts Judicial Database (HCJD) provides coded information on the content of universes or random samples o...
Data Sites | Law & Courts
Religion and State Project Constitutions Dataset
Constitutional clauses that address religion for 177 countries on a yearly basis between 1990 and 2008.
Data Sites | Law & Courts

Outlets for ResearchAll poli sci journals | blogs | podcasts

Journal of Judicial Administration
a leading forum for the discussion of contemporary issues impacting on judicial administration
Journals | Law & Courts
Int'l J. of Law, Crime and Justice
Refereed journal for high quality research and analysis in the areas of socio-legal studies and the psychology of l...
Journals | Law & Courts
Ratio Juris
RSS | A leading international journal of philosophy of law and general jurisprudence.
Journals | Law & Courts
Journal of Politics and Law
Dedicated to promoting scholarly exchange among teachers and researchers in the field of politics and law.
Journals | Law & Courts
Social Justice Research
RSS | nvestigating the origins, structures, and consequences of justice in human affairs
Journals | Law & Courts
Volokh Conspiracy
Posts about law and politics
Blogs | Law & Courts
Journal of Law and Courts
From the Law and Courts Organized Section of the American Political Science Association.
Journals | Law & Courts
Journal of Experimental Criminology
RSS | focuses on high quality experimental and quasi-experimental research in the development of evidence based crime and...
Journals | Law & Courts
Criminal Justice Studies
RSS | a quarterly refereed journal, publishes articles that deal with substantive criminal justice and criminological iss...
Journals | Law & Courts
Justice System Journal
Interdisciplinary journal that publishes original research articles on all aspects of law, courts, court administra...
Journals | Law & Courts


Constitutional Reform and the Gender Diversification of Peak CourtsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Nancy Arrington; Leeann Bass; Adam Glynn; Jeffrey K. Staton; Brian Delgado; Staffan I. Lindberg (2021)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


How Partisan Is Local Law Enforcement? Evidence from Sheriff Cooperation with Immigration AuthoritiesAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Daniel M. Thompson (2020)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


The Influence of Legislative Reappointment on State Supreme Court Decision-MakingAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Thomas Gray (2017)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


Hate Speech Prosecution of Politicians and Its Effect on Support for the Legal System and DemocracyAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Roderik Rekker (Forthcoming)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


Lobbying Justice(s)? Exploring the Nature of Amici Influence in State Supreme Court Decision MakingAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Jenna Becker Kane (2017)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


Judging Judicial Review in the American StatesAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Charles Crabtree; Michael J Nelson (2019)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


Classifying Judicial Selection InstitutionsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Greg Goelzhauser (2018)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


Institutionalized Police Brutality: Torture, the Militarization of Security and the Reform of Inquisitorial Criminal Justice in MexicoAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Beatriz Magaloni; Luis Rodriguez (2020)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


Administrative Records Mask Racially Biased PolicingAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Dean Knox (2020)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


How Courts Structure State-Level RepresentationAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Jonathan Kastellec (2018)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts

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 Appeal...
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Calculate Ideal Points of Federal Judges
This program implements the Giles, Hettinger, Peppers (GHP) method of estimating ideal points of federal judges in ...
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Judicial Research Initiative
From the University of South Carolina, easy to navigate site contains key datasets for judicial behavior research
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
Archives and disseminates data on crime and justice for secondary analysis. The archive contains data from over 2,7...
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Martin-Quinn Scores
Contains the so-called "Martin-Quinn" measures of judicial ideology.
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Constitute Project
Beautiful online environment to read, search, and compare the world's constitutions
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

EEOC Litigation Project
Data on federal court litigation brought from fiscal years 1997 to 2006, inclusive, by the Equal Employment Opportu...
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Federal Judicial Center Biographical Database
Extremely helpful resource for research on federal judges.
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

High Courts Judicial Database
The High Courts Judicial Database (HCJD) provides coded information on the content of universes or random samples o...
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Religion and State Project Constitutions Dataset
Constitutional clauses that address religion for 177 countries on a yearly basis between 1990 and 2008.
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Jonathan Kastellec
Princeton Univ., see dataverse.
	Authors \| Law & Courts

Matthew Hall
University of Notre Dame, see replication data and large datasets.
	Authors \| Law & Courts

Chris W. Bonneau
University of Pittsburgh, see dataverse page.
	Authors \| Law & Courts

Paul J. Wahlbeck
Mostly about the U.S. Supreme Court
	Authors \| Law & Courts

Andrew Martin
Washington Univ. in St. Louis
	Authors \| Law & Courts

Lee Epstein
Washington University in St. Louis, see dataverse.
	Authors \| Law & Courts

Journal of Judicial Administration
a leading forum for the discussion of contemporary issues impacting on judicial administration
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Int'l J. of Law, Crime and Justice
Refereed journal for high quality research and analysis in the areas of socio-legal studies and the psychology of l...
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Ratio Juris
RSS \| A leading international journal of philosophy of law and general jurisprudence.
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Journal of Politics and Law
Dedicated to promoting scholarly exchange among teachers and researchers in the field of politics and law.
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Social Justice Research
RSS \| nvestigating the origins, structures, and consequences of justice in human affairs
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Volokh Conspiracy
Posts about law and politics
	Blogs \| Law & Courts

Journal of Law and Courts
From the Law and Courts Organized Section of the American Political Science Association.
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Journal of Experimental Criminology
RSS \| focuses on high quality experimental and quasi-experimental research in the development of evidence based crime and...
	Journals \| Law & Courts