Wednesday April 6, 2022
Readings
We will have a discussion, but you are not required to submit questions in advance.
Primary Reading
- Landes, William M and Richard A Posner, 1975, “The Independent Judiciary in an Interest-Group Perspective”
Recommended/Referenced Reading
- Berdejo, Carlos and Noam Yuchtman, 2012, “Crime, Punishment, and Politics: An Analysis of Political Cycles in Criminal Sentencing”
- Epstein, Lee, William M Landes, and Richard A Posner, 2011, “Why (and When) Judges Dissent: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis”
- Gordon, Sanford Clark and Gregory Huber, 2007, “The Effect of Electoral Competitiveness on Incumbent Behavior”
- Hasnas, John, 1995, “The Myth of the Rule of Law”
- Helland and Tabarrok, 2002, “The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Tort Awards”
- Higgins, Richard S and Paul H Rubin, 1980, “Judicial Discretion”
- Landes, William M and Richard A Posner, 2009, “Rational Judicial Behavior: A Statistical Study”
- Posner, Richard A, 1993, “What Do Judges Maximize? (The Same Thing Everybody Elses Does”
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Elected Judges
- Viscusi and Zeckhauser, 2004, “The Denominator Blindness Effect: Accident Frequiencies and Misjudgment of Recklessness”
Slides
Below, you can find the slides in two formats. Clicking the image will bring you to the html version of the slides in a new tab. Note while in going through the slides, you can type h to see a special list of viewing options, and type o for an outline view of all the slides.
The lower button will allow you to download a PDF version of the slides. I suggest printing the slides beforehand and using them to take additional notes in class (not everything is in the slides)!
