The partisan price of justice: An empirical analysis of campaign contributions and judicial decisions

Do campaign contributions affect judicial decisions by elected judges in favor of their contributors' interests? Although the Supreme Court's recent decision in 'Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co'. relies on this intuition for its logic, that intuition has largely gone empirically...

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Veröffentlicht in:	New York University law review (1950) 2011-04, Vol.86 (1), p.69-130
Hauptverfasser:	Kang, Michael S, Shepherd, Joanna M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Campaign funds Election ELECTIONS Influence Judges Judges & magistrates Judicial process JUDICIARY Legal reform Partisanship Political activity Political campaigns Political parties POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Supreme Court decisions
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