This article traces the decline in the portion of cases that are terminated by trial and the decline in the absolute number of trials in various American judicial fora. The portion of federal civil cases resolved by trial fell from 11.5 percent in 1962 to 1.8 percent in 2002, continuing a long historic decline. More…
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Journal of Empirical Legal Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems, Judicial and Constitutional Studies, Legal and Constitutional Studies.
| Publisher | Wiley |
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| Reference style | Author–year (Chicago) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 12 (3): 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Judicial and Constitutional Studies Legal and Constitutional Studies Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Corporate Finance and Governance |
| ISSN | 1740-1453 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 2.29 |
| h-index | 59 |
| i10-index | 353 |
| Total citations | 15,813 |
| Article processing charge | $3,040 |
| Top institutions publishing here | Cornell University |
| Journal website | www.wiley.com |
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An examination of the influence of street stops on the legal socialization of young men showed an association between the number of police stops they see or experience and a diminished sense of police legitimacy. This association was not primarily a consequence of the number of stops or of the degree of police intrusion during…
Recent case law and social science both have claimed that the developmental limitations of adolescents affect their capacity for control and decision making with respect to crime, diminishing their culpability and reducing their exposure to punishment. Social science has focused on two concurrent adolescent developmental influences: the internalization of legal rules and norms that regulate…
A central problem in conducting an event study of the valuation effects of corporate governance reforms is that most reforms affect all firms in a country. Share price changes may reflect the reforms, but could also reflect other information. We address this identification issue by studying India's adoption of major governance reforms (Clause 49). Clause…
This research uses a quasi‐experimental design to evaluate the impact of Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) initiatives on neighborhood‐level crime rates in Chicago. Four interventions are analyzed: (1) increased federal prosecutions for convicted felons carrying or using guns, (2) the length of sentences associated with federal prosecutions, (3) supply‐side firearm policing activities, and (4) social marketing…