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A dataset for predicting Supreme Court judgments in Nigeria. [PDF]
Data Brief, 2023 Ngige OC +5 more
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Are public housing projects good for kids after all?
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, EarlyView.Abstract Is public housing bad for children? The net effect of moving into public housing on children's academic outcomes is theoretically ambiguous and likely to depend on changes to neighborhood and school characteristics. Drawing on detailed individual‐level longitudinal data on New York City public school students, we exploit plausibly random ...
Jeehee Han, Amy Ellen Schwartz
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‘Lex Cryptographi(c)a,’ ‘Cloud Crypto Land’ or What? – Blockchain Technology on the Legal Hype Cycle
The Modern Law Review, Volume 86, Issue 1, Page 31-66, January 2023., 2023 Based on the reception of DLT/blockchain, this article argues that legal discourse is subject to hype cycle dynamics. Thinking in hype cycle categories provides a structured way for analysing the legal implications of a particular innovation. This critical engagement with enthusiasts, sceptics and pragmatists through the different stages may help to ...
Michael Anderson Schillig
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PRAVNI POLOŽAJ POŠTENOG I NEPOŠTENOG POSJEDNIKA U ODNOSU NA VLASNIKA STVARI
Zbornik Pravnog Fakulteta Sveučilišta u Rijeci, 2017 U radu se obrađuje problematika vezana uz pravni položaj poštenog i nepoštenog posjednika u odnosu na vlasnika stvari, odnosno analiziraju se prava koja pripadaju posjedniku stvari i zahtjevi koje posjednik može postaviti prema vlasniku stvari kojem ...
Jadranko Jug
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Law on the Market? Abnormal Stock Returns and Supreme Court Decision-Making [PDF]
arXiv, 2015 What happens when the Supreme Court of the United States decides a case impacting one or more publicly-traded firms? While many have observed anecdotal evidence linking decisions or oral arguments to abnormal stock returns, few have rigorously or systematically investigated the behavior of equities around Supreme Court actions.
arxiv
A Quantitative Analysis of Writing Style on the U.S. Supreme Court
, 2015 This paper presents the results of a quantitative analysis of writing style for the entire corpus of U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The basis for this analysis is frequency of function words, which has been found to be a useful “stylistic fingerprint” and
Keith Carlson +2 more
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Citizenship question effects on household survey response
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, EarlyView.Abstract Differential coverage across demographic groups in a census or survey can reduce the accuracy and representativeness of the resulting statistics. Researchers traditionally have used community‐level measures to study response behavior and coverage, which can obscure patterns for small population groups.
J. David Brown, Misty L. Heggeness
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The Modern Law Review, Volume 86, Issue 1, Page 85-121, January 2023., 2023 The notion of ‘equity’ is undergoing conceptual repositioning in international law today, embracing individuals as well as states and gaining an association with human rights and the politics of protest. In the context of these developments, the present paper enquires into the premodern roots of this ancient and rich term through three historical ...
Stephen Humphreys
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Constitutional Precedent of Amicus Briefs [PDF]
arXiv, 2016 We investigate shared language between U.S. Supreme Court majority opinions and interest groups' corresponding amicus briefs. Specifically, we evaluate whether language that originated in an amicus brief acquired legal precedent status by being cited in the Court's opinion.
arxiv
The Role of the Supreme Court in a Democracy
Israel Law Review, 1998 There are three constitutional branches: the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch, and they are the product of our constitution, our Basic Laws. They are of equal status, and the relationship between them is one of “checks and balances”.
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