Judicial Politics: New Data and Methods

Abstract

Comparative research on judicial behaviour, courts’ inner-workings and interactions with other political actors has been suffering from a lack of systematic large-scale data comparable to that of the US Supreme Court. This panel invites scholars to address methodological challenges in the field and present novel tools that allow for generating insights into the decision-making of domestic and international courts. In particular, we welcome research that (1) draws on efforts to establish systematic databases on courts beyond the USA or (2) explores judicial behaviour through novel methodologies.

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