Judicial Discretion

Judicial Discretion is the authority vested in a judge, as a legal decision-maker, to make choices in the interpretation and application of law where clear rules are absent or indeterminate, distinguishing it from mechanical jurisprudence by allowing personal judgment within legal bounds.

824

Publications

37.2K

Citations

953

Authors

405

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Legal Realism

Children

Appellate DiscretionBail DiscretionConsistency In Judicial Decision-makingConstraints On Judicial DiscretionDiscretion In Civil RemediesDiscretion In Constitutional AdjudicationDiscretion In Statutory InterpretationDiscretion Under PrecedentDiscretionary ImmunityEvidentiary Discretion

Publications

824

An Integration of Theories to Explain Judicial Discretion

Celesta A. Albonetti · Social Problems · 1991 · 710 citations

Law, Constitutional Law, Public Law +12

Judicial Checks and Balances

Florencio López‐de‐Silanes, Cristian Pop‐Eleches, Andrei Shleifer · Journal of Political Economy · 2004 · 683 citations · Full text

Law, Constitutional Law, Political Science +16

Discretionary Justice: A Preliminary Inquiry.

Donald Black, Kenneth Culp Davis · American Sociological Review · 1970 · 440 citations

Law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Discretion +4

Judicial Partisanship and Obedience to Legal Doctrine: Whistleblowing on the Federal Courts of Appeals

Frank B. Cross, Emerson H. Tiller · The Yale Law Journal · 1998 · 417 citations · Full text

Law, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence +14

Judicial Influence: A Citation Analysis of Federal Courts of Appeals Judges

William M. Landes, Lawrence Lessig, Michael E. Solimine · The Journal of Legal Studies · 1998 · 404 citations

Law, Political Science, Public Law +14

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Authors

953

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Donald R. Songer
University of South Carolina, United States
12 publications · 497 citations
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Nicola Gennaioli
Bocconi University, Italy
7 publications · 318 citations
7
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Eric A. Posner
University of Chicago, United States
7 publications · 183 citations
7
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Lee Epstein
Washington University in St. Louis, United States
6 publications · 502 citations
6
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J. Mark Ramseyer
Harvard University Press, United States
6 publications · 544 citations
6
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Institutions

405

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Venues

SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 89 publications · 2.8K citations
28
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The Journal of Politics
JP · 24 publications · 1.4K citations
22
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Law & Society Review
20 publications · 1.9K citations
17
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eYLS (Yale Law School)
Repository · 21 publications · 585 citations
16
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The Journal of Legal Studies
JLS · 17 publications · 1.2K citations
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