Research Guides: Judicial Decision Making: A Selective Bibliography: Journal Articles & Book Chapters

Articles & Chapters 2001 - 2018

2019

Reconsidering Judicial Independence: Forty-Five Years in the Trenches and in the Tower
By Stephen B. Burbank, University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online, Vol. 168, 2019, Forthcoming; U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 19-19. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3373992

2018

“What Humility Isn’t: Responsibility and the Judicial Role”
By Benjamin L. Berger, in Daniel Jutras and Marcus Moore, eds., The Chief: Essays in Honor of Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin (Forthcoming) available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3269547
The Disruptive Neuroscience of Judicial Choice
By Anna Spain Bradley, 9 UC Irvine L. Rev. 1 (2018)
Does Judicial Courage Exist, and If so, Is It Necessary in a Democracy?
By Hon. Luc Martineau, 8:2 Western Journal of Legal Studies 6 (2018)
Judging Well
By Francis Joseph Mootz III, 11 Wash. U. Jurisprudence Rev. 1 (2018)

2017

Collegial Decision Making in the U.S. Court of Appeals
By Hon. Harry T. Edwards, (Nov. 15, 2017). NYU School of Law, Public Research Paper No. 17-47. Available at SSRN https://ssrn.com/abstract=3071857 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3071857.
Implicit Racial Bias in Sentencing: The Next Frontier
By Mark W. Bennett, 126 Yale L.J. Forum 391 (2017)
Judging Implicit Bias: A National Empirical Study of Judicial Stereotypes
By Justin D. Levinson, Mark Bennett, and Koichi Hioki, 69 Fla. L. Rev. 63-113 (2017)

2016

Emotional Judges and Unlucky Juveniles
By Ozkan Eren and Naci Mocan, NBER Working Paper No. 22611 (2016)
Jedi or Judge: How the Human Mind Redefines Judicial Opinions
By Anne E. Mullins, 16 Wyo. L. Rev. 325-342 (2016)
Judicial Decision Making as Knowledge Work
BY B. Robert Owens, 41 Law & Soc. Inquiry 502-521 (2016)
The Management of Staff by Federal Court of Appeals Judges
By Mitu Gulati; Richard A. Posner, 69 Vand. L. Rev. 479-498 (2016)
Some Thoughts on the Study of Judicial Behavior
By Lee Epstein, 57 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 2017-2073 (2016)

2014

Judicial Decision-Making: A Behavioral Perspective
By Doron Teichman and Eyal Zamir, In Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Economics and the Law
Law and the Role of a Judge
By Leslie Green, (September 13, 2014). Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 47/2014.

2013

It's the Journey, Not the Destination: Judicial Preferences and the Decision-Making Process
By Carlos Berdejo, 51 U. Louisville L. Rev. 271-322 (2013)
Judging Judges: Empathy as the Litmus Test for Impartiality
By Rebecca K. Lee, 82 U. Cin. L. Rev. 145-206 (2013)
Managerial Judging and Substantive Law
By Tobias Barrington Wolff, 90 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1027-1070 (2013)
The Neurobiology of Opinions: Can Judges and Juries be Impartial?
By Isabelle Brocas; Juan D. Carrillo, 86 S. Cal. L. Rev. 421-448 (2013)

2012

Implicit Bias in the Courtroom
By Jerry Kang; Mark Bennett; Devon Carbado; Pam Casey, 59 UCLA L. Rev. 1124-1187 (2012)
In Defense of Judicial Empathy
By Thomas B. Colby, 96 Minn. L. Rev. 1944-2015 (2012)
Paying Attention to What Judges Say: New Directions in the Study of Judicial Decision Making
By Keith Bybee, 8 Annual Rev. of Law and Social Science 69 (Dec. 2012)
Precedent, Humility, and Justice
By Michael Gentithes, 18 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 835-892 (2012)

2011

Lies, Damned Lies, and Judicial Empathy
By Mary Anne Franks, 51 Washburn L.J. 61-72 (2011)
Moral Imagination in Judging
By Susan A. Bandes, 51 Washburn L.J. 1-24 (2011)
On the Nature of Judging
By Thomas G. Saylor, 20 Widener L.J. 681-696 (2011)

2010

Cultural Cognition at Work
By Paul M. Secunda, 38 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 107-148 (2010)
Is There a Psychology of Judging?
By Frederick Schauer, (Chapter 7, In, "The Psychology of Judicial Decision Making", by David E. Klein & Gregory Mitchell, eds. Hardcopy also available in Law LIbrary General Collection KF8775 .P78 2010.

2009

Judicial Declaration of Public Policy
By Ruggero J. Aldisert, 10 J. App. Prac. & Process 229-246 (2009)

2007

When Judges Lie (and When They Should)
By Paul Butler, 91 Minn. L. Rev. 1785-1828 (2007)

2005

The Concealment of Religious Values in Judicial Decisionmaking
By Scott C. Idleman, 91 Va. L. Rev. 515-534 (2005)
The Judgment of the Boss on Bossing the Judges: Bruce Springsteen, Judicial Independence, and the Rule of Law
By Charles Gardner Geyh, 14 Widener L.J. 885-906 (2005)

2004

Brennan Center for Justice Symposium Introduction: Diversity, Impartiality, and Representation on the Bench
By Kele Williams, 10 Mich. J. Race & L. 1-4 (2004)
Does a Diverse Judiciary Attain a Rule of Law That Is Inclusive: What Grutter v. Bollinger Has to Say about Diversity on the Bench
By Sylvia R. Lazos Vargas, 10 Mich. J. Race & L. 101-152 (2004)
Judges, Thou Shalt Not Use Thine Own Religion in Thy Opinions
By Annette Bulger Mathis, 23 Miss. C. L. Rev. 131-156 (2003-2004)
A Principled Approach to the Quest for Racial Diversity on the Judiciary
By Kevin R. Johnson; Luis Fuented-Rohwer, 10 Mich. J. Race & L. 5-54 (2004)
Through the Lens of Diversity: The Fight for Judicial Elections after Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
By Sherrilyn Ifill, 10 Mich. J. Race & L. 55-100 (2004)

2001

Judicial Activism
By Charles B. Blackmar, 42 St. Louis U. L.J. 753-788 (1998)
To Do a Great Right, Do a Little Wrong: A User's Guide to Judicial Lawlessness
By Ward Farnsworth, 86 Minn. L. Rev. 227-266 (2001)
What's Law Got to Do with It - Judicial Behavioralists Test the Legal Model of Judicial Decision Making
By Howard Gillman, 26 Law & Soc. Inquiry 465-504 (2001)

Articles & Chapters 2000 & earlier

2000

The Hard Part of Judging
By the Honorable Gerald E. Rosen, 34 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 1-18 (2000)

1999

Between Monster And Machine: Rethinking the Judicial Function
By Lee Anne Fennell, 51 S. C. L. Rev. 183-226 (1999)
The Brennan Legacy: The Art of Judging
By Ruggero J. Aldisert, 32 Loy. L. A. L. Rev. 673-690 (1999)
Justice Brennan and the Human Side of Judging
By Larry Kramer, 32 Loy. L. A. L. Rev. 691-696 (1999)
Mr. Justice Brennan and the Little Case
By Richard Arnold, 32 Loy. L. A. L. Rev. 663-672 (1999)
Symposium: The Brennan Legacy: The Art of Judging, Introduction
By David W. Burcham, 32 Loy. L. A. L. Rev. 651-654 (1999)
What Justice Brennan Gave Us to Keep
By Abner Mikva, 32 Loy. L. A. L. Rev. 655-662 (1999)

1998

The Case for Religious Values in Judicial Decision-Making
By Wendell L. Griffen, 81 Marq. L. Rev. 513-522 (1998)
Charting the Influences on the Judicial Mind: An Empirical Study of Judicial Reasoning
By Gregory C. Sisk; Michael Heise; Andrew P. Morriss, 73 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1377-1500 (1998)
The Judgment Intuitive: The Function of the Hunch in Judicial Decision
By Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr., 39 S. Tex. L. Rev. 889-904 (1998)
Judicial Activism
By Charles B. Blackmar, 42 St. Louis U. L.J. 753-788 (1998)
The Limits of Religious Values in Judicial Decision Making
By Scott C. Idleman, 81 Marq. L. Rev. 537-568 (1998)
Religiously Devout Judges: Issues of Personal Integrity and Public Benefit
By Daniel O. Conkle, 81 Marq. L. Rev. 523-532 (1998)
Response to Judge Wendell Griffen
By Joan B. Gottschall, 81 Marq. L. Rev. 533-536 (1998)
The Role of Humility in Exercising Practical Wisdom
By Brett Scharffs, 32 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 127-200 (1998)

1997

The Judge's Dilemma: Duty or Conscience
By Robert W. Sweet, 19 Cardozo L. Rev. 1041-1046 (1997)
Justice Stillborn: Lies, Lacunae, Incommensurability, and the Judicial Role
By E. Nathaniel Gates, 19 Cardozo L. Rev. 971-1034 (1997)
Moral Dilemmas for the Judiciary at the Millennium: Partial-Birth Abortion and Physician-Assisted Suicide
By Laura L. Hirschfeld, 19 Cardozo L. Rev. 1061-1068 (1997)
To Resign or Not to Resign
By Stephen Ellmann, 19 Cardozo L. Rev. 1047-1060 (1997)
Unjust Laws
By Robert F. Utter, 19 Cardozo L. Rev. 1035-1040 (1997)

1996

Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict by Cass R. Sunstein
Call Number: K213 .S86 1996
ISBN: 0195100824
Publication Date: 1996
Choose from among the following chapters: Chapter 3: Analogical Reasoning (pgs. 62-100); Chapter 5: In Defense of Casuistry (pgs. 121-135); Chapter 6: Without Reasons, Without Rules (pgs. 136-147). Law Library has 2 copies of this text and Wilson Library also owns a copy.

1995

The Nature of the Judicial Process Revisited
By David A. Nelson, 22 N. Ky. L. Rev. 563-578 (1995)

1993

Judging in the Quiet of the Storm
By Shirley S. Abrahamson, 24 St. Mary's L.J. 965-994 (1993)

1991

The Ethical Foundations of Judicial Decision-Making
By Philip J. Grib, 35 Cath. Law. 1-56 (1991)
The Judicial Function and the Elusive Goal of Principled Decision Making
By Harry T. Edwards, 1991 Wis. L. Rev. 837-866 (1991)

1990

Justifying the Judge's Hunch: An Essay on Discretion
By Charles M. Yablon, 41 Hastings L.J. 231-280 (1990)

1988

Human Dimension in Appellate Judging: A Brief Reflection on a Timeless Concern
By the Honorable Judith S. Kaye, 73 Cornell L. Rev. 1004-1015 (1987-1988)
The Nature of Precedent
By Earl Maltz, 66 N.C. L. Rev. 367-394 (1988)

1984

Between Legal Realism and Neutral Principles: The Legitimacy of Institutional Values
By the Honorable Jon O. Newman, 72 Cal. L. Rev. 200-216 (1984)
Justification and Judicial Responsibility
By David Lyons, 72 Cal. L. Rev. 178-199 (1984)
Legal Reasoning: An Introduction
By James Gordley, 72 Cal. L. Rev. 138-177 (1984)

1979

Honest Judicial Opinions
By Robert A. Leflar, 74 Nw. U. L. Rev. 721-741 (1979-1980)