Appellate court supervision in the federal judiciary: a hierarchical perspective

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Factors that influence circuit courts' affirmation or reversal of federal district court decisions are analyzed using agency theory. Signaling behavior by the district courts and the behavior of the US Supreme Court toward individual circuits are found to be important factors. Civil rights cases from 1971 to 1999 are used as the basis of the study.

Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Civil Rights, Research, Analysis, Company legal issue, Cases, Federal courts, Appellate procedure, Appeals (Law), Agency theory, 1970s (Decade) AD, 1990s (Decade) AD, 1980s (Decade) AD

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The contract as social artifact

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Contracts are worthy of being studied as social artifacts as well as legal creations. A social study of contracts leads to identification of the technical and symbolic characteristics of contract. This leads to the study of dynamics of contracts between individuals and of larger contract regimes maintained by social systems.

Public affairs, Social aspects, Contracts, Symbolism

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Lawyers for conservative causes: clients, ideology, and social distance

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A study of lawyers who work with conservative political causes is presented. Many of these lawyers work for groups that have fundamental differences despite being classified as politically conservative. Some, however, serve as "mediators" between different groups and thus maintain a conservative coalition.

Legal services, Attorneys, Offices of Lawyers, Political organizations, Venture Analysis, Risk assessment, Political activity, Lawyers, Political aspects, Business enterprises, Conservatism, Political/non-profit organization software

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