Press releases disseminate selected information and promote particular issues. Although
several courts regularly publish press releases on decisions, it is unclear which policy …

We study a dynamic model in which a politician (most commonly an executive) makes
authority claims that are subject to a hard constraint (administered, typically, by a court). At …

The United States Supreme Court exists to resolve constitutional disputes among lower
courts and the other branches of government, allowing elected officials, citizens, and …

Separated powers cannot permanently constrain individual ambitions. Concerns about a
government's ability to respond to contemporary and future crises, we show, invariably …

This book presents a quantitative history of constitutional law in the United States and brings
together humanistic and social-scientific approaches to studying law. Using theoretical …

This Article explores the economic nature of law and courts as an explanation for the world's
endemic court congestion problem. The economic theory of goods and services is used to …

Plea bargaining figures heavily in criminal justice systems in the United States and,
increasingly, around the globe. Conventional wisdom holds that plea bargaining generates …

Este artigo explora a natureza econômica do direito e dos tribunais como uma explicação
para o problema endêmico de congestionamento judicial. A Teoria Econômica de Bens e …

O desenho institucional e a prática decisória do STF fazem com que seja impossível que
alguém preveja quando e quais processos serão julgados pelo plenário físico do STF. Isso …

Conflicts between the Courts of Appeals are of central importance to the American judiciary.
When circuits split, federal law is applied differently in different parts of the country. It has …