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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Federal Judges"”.
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Judging Judges: The Impeachment of Federal Judiciary Members
… inquiries of individual presidents and federal judges have all been studied in depth, but one aspect of impeachment still remains fundamentally unexplored: Under what circumstances will the House of Representatives vote to impeach a federal judge? This thesis is a systematic, empirical …
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An Analysis of the Legal Obstacles to State Pension Reform
… of one or more lawsuits alleging that the federal and/or state constitution bars the legislature from reducing benefits or accrual patterns. This dissertation examines the legal underpinnings for arguments made against pension reform, and suggests that constitutional doctrine ought to allow …
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A experiência de decisão de juízes federais: para além dos autos
… understand the experience of the decision of the federal judge of first instance from the narrative of those who exerts the magistracy. The proposition of listening to the judges was presented as another possibility of approximation between Psychology, Law and the Judiciary, unlike the traditional …
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Procedural Postures: The Influence of Legal Change on Strategic Litigants and Judges
… in order to properly understand the decisions judges make and the impact of such decisions, it is important that we study the extent to which litigants are acting based on goals and expectations in light of changes in the litigation environment. I address these questions in the context of two …
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Essays in Political Economics and Networks
… to which judicial influence depends on the judges' social connections. Guided by a theoretical model that formalizes the role of social connection, I document that social connections are a significant determinant of judge influence. I use the flow of law clerks between judges from 1995-2004 …