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 National Science
Foundation Award #0519773 |
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Doctoral Dissertation Research on Heterogeneity in Supreme Court Decision-Making |
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| Investigator(s): |
Lawrence Baum (PI)
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| Sponsor: |
Ohio State University Research Foundation, OH 43210 6142923732
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| Start Date/Expiration Date |
2005-08-01 to 2006-07-31 (amended 2005-08-03) |
| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$9,688 |
| Abstract: This dissertation project develops a theory, using a psychological framework, specifying the mechanisms -- attitude strength and accountability -- that explain variation in the preference-behavior relationship for justices. Importantly, the theory defines a role for legal and strategic considerations. Case-level and contextual factors associated with each mechanism are hypothesized to explain variation in the impact of justices' preferences on their choices. To test the hypotheses, the project employs a hierarchical, or multilevel, modeling strategy and executes three analyses. The first analysis treats justices' civil liberties votes as a two-level hierarchy -- justices' choices nested within cases-to test whether the hypothesized case-level factors explain variation in the impact of preferences. Separate models are estimated for various natural courts or periods with little personnel change. The second and third analyses use a three-level structure -- justices' choices nested within cases nested within Court terms -- to determine how strategic (second analysis) and both legal and strategic factors (third analysis), in addition to the case-level factors used in the first analysis, explain variation in the preference-behavior relationship. The second analysis examines justices' votes on formally decided civil liberties cases for a longer time span (1952-2000). The third analysis examines justices' formally decided votes on free expression cases from 1973 to 1998. |
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| NSF Org: |
SES - Division of Social and Economic Sciences |
| Award Number: |
0519773 |
| Award Instrument: |
Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Isaac Unah
SES Division of Social and Economic Sciences
SBE Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences
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| NSF Program(s): |
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES |
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| Program Reference Code(s): |
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION, 9178 |
| Program Element Code(s): |
1372 |
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