Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics
Publication Date
2014
Publication Title
Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics
Abstract
Do judges follow the law? In a naïve model of judging, Congress writes statutes, which courts know about and then slavishly apply. Although interpretation differences could explain deviation between congressional will and the law as applied, in this model
Number
671
Recommended Citation
William H. J. Hubbard & M. Todd Henderson, "Do Judges Follow the Law? An Empirical Test of Congressional Control Over Judicial Behavior" (Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Working Paper No. 671, 2014).
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