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Appeals Decision-making

Appeals Decision-Making is a scholarly construct within the empirical study of courts that characterizes the cognitive, institutional, and legal processes through which appellate judges evaluate and determine the outcomes of cases on review, distinguishing it from trial-level adjudication by its focus on legal error correction and policy implications.

227

Publications

8.5K

Citations

267

Authors

169

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

20

Variants

Appellate Decision-making

Parents

Publications

227

Who Wins on Appeal? Upperdogs and Underdogs in the United States Courts of Appeals

Donald R. Songer, Reginald S. Sheehan · American Journal of Political Science · 1992 · 242 citations

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The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction

Steven Shavell · The Journal of Legal Studies · 1995 · 228 citations

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The Common Law Tradition: Deciding Appeals

Walter V. Schaefer, Karl N. Llewellyn · The University of Chicago Law Review · 1961 · 186 citations

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Voting Behavior on the United States Courts of Appeals Revisited

Sheldon Goldman · American Political Science Review · 1975 · 184 citations

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Do the “Haves” Come Out Ahead over Time? Applying Galanter's Framework to Decisions of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1925-1988

Donald R. Songer, Reginald S. Sheehan, Susan Haire · Law & Society Review · 1999 · 155 citations

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Authors

267

  1. DR
    Donald R. Songer

    University of South Carolina, United States

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

    12

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  2. TE
    Theodore Eisenberg

    Cornell University, United States

    9 publications · 200 citations

    9

    h-index

  3. WL
    Wendy L. Martinek

    Binghamton University, United States

    8 publications · 248 citations

    8

    h-index

  4. BM
    Burton M. Atkins

    Florida State University, United States

    7 publications · 286 citations

    7

    h-index

  5. SA
    Stefanie A. Lindquist

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    6 publications · 279 citations

    6

    h-index

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Institutions

169

  1. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Binghamton University

    Binghamton, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    238 citations

  3. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    155 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    411 citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    216 citations

  6. University of Delaware

    Newark, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    137 citations

  7. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    286 citations

  8. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    100 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 18 publications · 395 citations

    13

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  2. The Western Political Quarterly

    9 publications · 404 citations

    9

    h-index

  3. The Journal of Legal Studies

    JLS · 9 publications · 638 citations

    9

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  4. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

    JELS · 8 publications · 335 citations

    8

    h-index

  5. American Journal of Political Science

    AJPS · 8 publications · 638 citations

    8

    h-index

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