Last week, we continued our analysis of the California Supreme Court’s death penalty docket, tracing the number of cases which the Court decides every year, the fraction of the docket that’s decided unanimously, and the frequency with which the Court reverses in part or outright. Today we turn our attention to a controversial topic: how
Yesterday, we reviewed the California Supreme Court’s experience with amicus curiae briefs in civil cases between 2008 and 2015. Today, we conclude this topic with a review of the Court’s criminal cases during the same years.
Just as was true for the years 2000 to 2007, amicus briefs have been nowhere near as commonplace in
Last week, we began our analysis of a new issue, tracking the California Supreme Court’s considerable experience with amicus curiae briefs in both civil and criminal cases. Last week, we covered the years 2000 through 2007. Today, we turn our attention to civil cases from 2008 to 2015.
In Table 122, we report the total
Yesterday, we began a detailed look at the California Supreme Court’s extensive experience with amicus curiae briefs, beginning with civil cases between 2000 and 2007. Today, we turn our attention to the Court’s less extensive experience with amicus briefs in criminal cases.
In Table 120 below, we report the total number of amicus briefs accepted
Today, we begin our analysis of a new subject – tracking the California Supreme Court’s experience with amicus curiae briefs. The Court more closely tracks the experience of the United States Supreme Court than of other state Supreme Courts (including the Illinois Supreme Court, as reported in our Illinois Supreme Court Review) in its
Last week, we reviewed the primary theories of judicial decision making, including two – attitudinalism and legal realism – which are the foundation for empirical research into appellate decision making. Today, we begin our review of the data.
Between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2015, the California Supreme Court published 1,602 decisions – 636