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Optimization, Path Dependence and the Law: Can Judges Promote Efficiency? [PDF]
The thesis that judges could (voluntarily or not) promote efficiency through their decisions has largely been discussed since Posner put it forward in the early 1970s.
Khalil, Elias L., Marciano, Alain
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Optimizing the application order under precedent-based decision-making. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AArgenziano R, Gilboa I.
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The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.This study shows that integrating multiple machine learning models with optimization and decision‐making improves chemical process design, and that a consensus‐based strategy across models provides more robust and reliable operating recommendations than any single model, especially under limited or noisy data conditions.
Farough Agin +2 more
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Legal Change: Integrating Selective Litigation, Judicial Preferences, and Precedent
The claim that the common law displays an economic logic is a centerpiece of the positive economic theory of law. A key question in this literature is whether this outcome is due to the conscious efforts of judges, or the result of invisible hand ...
Thomas Miceli
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The Evolution of Precedent [PDF]
We evaluate Richard Posner's famous hypothesis that common law converges to efficient legal rules using a model of precedent setting by appellate judges. Following legal realists, we assume that judicial decisions are subject to personal biases, and that
Andrei Shleifer, Nicola Gennaioli
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Motivated reasoning in the field: polarization of prose, precedent, and policy in U.S. Circuit Courts, 1891-2013. [PDF]
PLoS OneLu W, Chen DL.
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Mapping the US Bridgebuilding Field: Situating Organizations in the Ecosystem of Social Change
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the ecosystem of bridge‐building initiatives in the United States. Drawing on an original database of 223 organizations, interviews with 7 staff across 6 organizations, and a literature review related to bridge‐building, polarization, and collective action, we first describe the range of existing initiatives and their ...
Gabrielle Mathews, Karen Ross
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Theoretical aspects of judicial precedent in the context of contemporary domestic law of Ukraine
, 2016 У статті науково обґрунтовано та визначено об’єктивні закономірності формування судового прецеденту як важливого компонента вітчизняної системи джерел права.
Borshchevskyi, Ihor V. +1 more
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NHIS vs. Big Tobacco: South Korea's pursuit of cost recovery through litigation. [PDF]
Lancet Reg Health West PacYoo KJ, Schluger NW.
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Roles and the Moral Practice of Precedent. [PDF]
Oxf J Leg Stud, 2023 Van Wees N.
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