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Highest Courts

Highest Courts is a judicial institution that serves as the final appellate authority within a legal system, distinguished from lower courts by its jurisdiction to interpret constitutional and statutory law on matters of national significance.

92

Publications

3.3K

Citations

132

Authors

83

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

18

Variants

Courts Of Last Resort

Parents

Publications

92

The Maastricht‐Urteil: Sovereignty Now

Neil MacCormick · European Law Journal · 1995 · 319 citations

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Knowing the Supreme Court? A Reconsideration of Public Ignorance of the High Court

James L. Gibson, Gregory A. Caldeira · The Journal of Politics · 2009 · 195 citations

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Has Legal Realism Damaged the Legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court?

James L. Gibson, Gregory A. Caldeira · Law & Society Review · 2011 · 172 citations

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“Haves” Versus “Have Nots” in State Supreme Courts: Allocating Docket Space and Wins in Power Asymmetric Cases

Paul Brace, Melinda Gann Hall · Law & Society Review · 2001 · 112 citations

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Which States Have the Best (and Worst) High Courts?

Stephen J. Choi, Mitu Gulati, Eric A. Posner · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2008 · 93 citations · Full text

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Authors

132

  1. MG
    Melinda Gann Hall

    Michigan State University, United States

    4 publications · 216 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. CW
    Chris W. Bonneau

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    4 publications · 115 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. VJ
    Valerie J. Hoekstra

    Arizona State University, United States

    3 publications · 84 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. GA
    Gregory A. Caldeira

    The Ohio State University, United States

    3 publications · 396 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. JL
    James L. Gibson

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    3 publications · 396 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 132

Institutions

83

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    171 citations

  2. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    115 citations

  3. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    136 citations

  4. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    130 citations

  5. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    46 citations

  6. European University Institute

    Florence, Italy

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    332 citations

  7. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    46 citations

  8. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 9 publications · 295 citations

    9

    h-index

  2. Law & Society Review

    4 publications · 326 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. Political Research Quarterly

    PRQ · 3 publications · 126 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. European Law Journal

    3 publications · 400 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Law and History Review

    3 publications · 77 citations

    3

    h-index

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