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24 Aug 2001
This paper discusses concerns over trial judge regulation in the US criminal justice system. Given the political rhetoric in policy debates about the need to evaluate judges, the authors argue, there is relatively little work on the institutional determinants of trial judge behavior. They focus on one aspect of judicial decision making, assigning sentences and explore the relative strengths of methods that voters and their elected representatives may employ for controlling judicial behavior.
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Author | Gregory Huber, Sanford Gordon |
Series | Leitner Program Working Papers |
Issue | 20 |
Publisher | Leitner Program in International & Comparative Political Economy |
Copyright | © 2001 Leitner Program |