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Electoral Pressures and the Legal System: Friends or Foes?

In: The Pursuit of Justice

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  • Russell S. Sobel
  • Matt E. Ryan
  • Joshua C. Hall

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Decisions made within the legal system are typically viewed as being impartial informed only by the testimony and evidence presented and legal precedent. For this reason, many scholars treat legal decisions as exogenous events, that is, that they are independent of preexisting conditions (see, for example, Baicker and Gordon 2006). However, political scientists and legal analysts have long understood that in many cases factors outside what is presented in the courtroom affect the outcomes of legal cases.1 The race, gender, and political affiliation of individuals involved in the legal process have all been found to play a role in determining legal outcomes.2

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  • Russell S. Sobel & Matt E. Ryan & Joshua C. Hall, 2010. "Electoral Pressures and the Legal System: Friends or Foes?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Edward J. López (ed.), The Pursuit of Justice, chapter 0, pages 37-50, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-10949-0_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230109490_3
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    1. Bryan C. McCannon, 2013. "Prosecutor Elections, Mistakes, and Appeals," Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 10(4), pages 696-714, December.
    2. Daniel J. D’Amico & Claudia R. Williamson, 2019. "An empirical examination of institutions and cross-country incarceration rates," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 180(3), pages 217-242, September.

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