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Litigant Behavior

Litigant Behavior is a scholarly construct in the institutional analysis of state courts that specifies the strategic actions and decision-making patterns of parties engaged in legal proceedings, distinguished by its focus on how institutional rules, procedural incentives, and judicial structures shape the conduct of plaintiffs and defendants within the litigation process.

150

Publications

8.8K

Citations

240

Authors

121

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

19

Parents

Publications

150

Courts

Simeon Djankov, Florencio López‐de‐Silanes, Andrei Shleifer · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2003 · 1.2K citations

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Getting Justice and Getting Even: Legal Consciousness among Working-Class Americans.

Nancy E. Reichman, Sally Engle Merry · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1991 · 490 citations

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Procedural Justice in Felony Cases

Jonathan D. Casper, Tom R. Tyler, Bonnie S. Fisher · Law & Society Review · 1988 · 332 citations

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The impact of litigants' baby-facedness and attractiveness on adjudications in small claims courts.

Leslie A. Zebrowitz, Susan M. McDonald · Law and Human Behavior · 1991 · 285 citations

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Strategic Behavior in Suit, Settlement, and Trial

Ivan Png · The Bell Journal of Economics · 1983 · 282 citations

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Authors

240

  1. DR
    Donald R. Songer

    University of South Carolina, United States

    5 publications · 512 citations

    5

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  2. RS
    Reginald S. Sheehan

    University of South Carolina, United States

    3 publications · 384 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. SA
    Stefanie A. Lindquist

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    3 publications · 149 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. DS
    Donna Shestowsky

    University of California, Davis, United States

    2 publications · 36 citations

    2

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  5. GH
    Glenn Hoetker

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 167 citations

    2

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Institutions

121

  1. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    951 citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    476 citations

  3. University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    109 citations

  4. Indiana University

    Bloomington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    69 citations

  5. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    68 citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    50 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    212 citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    96 citations

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Venues

  1. Law & Society Review

    16 publications · 1.3K citations

    15

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 11 publications · 195 citations

    10

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  3. The Journal of Legal Studies

    JLS · 8 publications · 479 citations

    8

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  4. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 5 publications · 476 citations

    5

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  5. Michigan Law Review

    3 publications · 133 citations

    3

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