Strategic Opinion Language on the US Courts of Appeals

Autor:	Joshua Boston
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Law Political science
Zdroj:	Journal of Law and Courts. 8:1-26
ISSN:	2164-6589 2164-6570
Popis:	What strategies do judges employ when they anticipate review? Constrained judges behave strategically by using particular instruments—like language complexity—when authoring opinions. Prior studies suggest that judges use complexity in anticipation of legislative hostility. Similarly, the threat of review and reversal may spur opinion complexity. This study examines variations in circuit court opinions resulting from precedent treatment and Supreme Court preferences. When a circuit negatively treats a Supreme Court precedent that the justices prefer or a circuit positively treats a precedent that the justices dislike, opinion complexity should increase. These hypotheses find support, suggesting that circuits strategically insulate using opinion complexity.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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