Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

2004 - 2025

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Foreword pp. 566-566: Pauline Kim, Adam Badawi and Rebecca Hollander‐Blumoff
The Predicates of Military Detention at Guantánamo: The Role of Individual Acts and Affiliations pp. 567-602: Aziz Z. Huq
Medical Malpractice Litigation and the Market for Plaintiff‐Side Representation: Evidence from Illinois pp. 603-636: David A. Hyman, Mohammad Rahmati, Bernard S. Black and Charles Silver
Legal and Extralegal Origins of Sentencing Disparities: Evidence from Russia's Criminal Courts pp. 637-665: Vadim Volkov
Are Arbitrators Human? pp. 666-692: Rebecca K. Helm, Andrew J. Wistrich and Jeffrey J. Rachlinski
Intuitive Jurisprudence: Early Reasoning About the Functions of Punishment pp. 693-717: Jessica Bregant, Alex Shaw and Katherine D. Kinzler
The Effect of Tort Reform on Medical Malpractice Insurance Market Trends pp. 718-755: Patricia H. Born and J. Bradley Karl
Differential Access to Capital from Financial Institutions by Minority Entrepreneurs pp. 756-785: Darius Palia
Formal and Social Enforcement in Response to Individual Versus Corporate Transgressions pp. 786-808: Uriel Haran, Doron Teichman and Yuval Feldman
Homeowner Representation in the Foreclosure Crisis pp. 809-836: Emily S. Taylor Poppe

Rigidity of Public Contracts pp. 396-427: Marian Moszoro, Pablo Spiller and Sebastian Stolorz
Academic Tenure pp. 428-453: Albert H. Yoon
Across Five Eras: Patent Validity and Infringement Rates in U.S. Courts, 1929–2006 pp. 454-486: Matthew D. Henry and John L. Turner
Nuclear Power and the Mob: Extortion in Japan pp. 487-515: John Ramseyer
Revisiting Eisenberg and Plaintiff Success: State Court Civil Trial and Appellate Outcomes pp. 516-535: Michael Heise and Martin T. Wells
He Paid, She Paid: Exploiting Israeli Courts' Rulings on Litigation Costs to Explore Gender Biases pp. 536-561: Talia Fisher, Tamar Kricheli‐Katz, Issi Rosen‐Zvi and Theodore Eisenberg

Insurance Crisis or Liability Crisis? Medical Malpractice Claiming in Illinois, 1980–2010 pp. 183-204: Mohammad Rahmati, David A. Hyman, Bernard Black and Charles Silver
What Predicts Law Student Success? A Longitudinal Study Correlating Law Student Applicant Data and Law School Outcomes pp. 205-265: Alexia Brunet Marks and Scott A. Moss
Carrot or Stick? The Shift from Voluntary to Mandatory Disclosure of Risk Factors pp. 266-297: Karen K. Nelson and A. C. Pritchard
Anchoring Legal Standards pp. 298-329: Yuval Feldman, Amos Schurr and Doron Teichman
The Appeals Process in the European Commission's Cartel Cases: An Empirical Assessment pp. 330-357: Kai Hüschelrath and Florian Smuda
Testing the Expressive Theory of Punishment pp. 358-392: Kenworthey Bilz

Judicial Retirements and the Staying Power of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions pp. 5-26: Stuart Minor Benjamin and Georg Vanberg
SEC Investigations and Securities Class Actions: An Empirical Comparison pp. 27-49: Stephen J. Choi and A. C. Pritchard
Apples and Oranges: An International Comparison of the Public's Experience of Justiciable Problems and the Methodological Issues Affecting Comparative Study pp. 50-93: P. Pleasence, N. J. Balmer and R. L. Sandefur
Forecasting Domestic Violence: A Machine Learning Approach to Help Inform Arraignment Decisions pp. 94-115: Richard A. Berk, Susan B. Sorenson and Geoffrey Barnes
Unpacking Negligence Liability: Experimentally Testing the Governance Effect pp. 116-152: Theodore Eisenberg and Christoph Engel
Does the Chief Justice Make Partisan Appointments to Special Courts and Panels? pp. 153-177: Maxwell Palmer

Foreword pp. 601-601: Anne Joseph O'Connell and Eric Talley
The Consequences of Being an Object of Suspicion: Potential Pitfalls of Proactive Police Contact pp. 602-636: Tom R. Tyler, Jonathan Jackson and Avital Mentovich
Leases and Executory Contracts in Chapter 11 pp. 637-663: Kenneth Ayotte
Interparty Judicial Appointments pp. 664-685: Jonathan Remy Nash
Inside the Caucus: An Empirical Analysis of Mediation from Within pp. 686-715: Daniel Klerman and Lisa Klerman
Does Juvenile Delinquency Reduce Educational Attainment? pp. 716-756: Shannon Ward and Jenny Williams
Can a Single Country Increase the Taxes of Multinational Corporations? Evidence from the Impact of the 1993 Corporate Tax Rate Increase on Fortune 500 Companies pp. 757-780: Nathan M. Jensen and Adam H. Rosenzweig
Director Liability Protection, Earnings Management, and Audit Pricing pp. 781-814: Sarfraz Khan and John K. Wald
The Leviathan's Rule by Law pp. 815-846: Ji Li

Will Divestment from Employment‐Based Health Insurance Save Employers Money? The Case of State and Local Governments pp. 343-394: Jeremy D. Goldhaber‐Fiebert, David M. Studdert, Monica S. Farid and Jay Bhattacharya
Skin Color and the Criminal Justice System: Beyond Black‐White Disparities in Sentencing pp. 395-420: Traci Burch
Who Responds to U.S. News & World Report's Law School Rankings? pp. 421-480: Jeffrey Evans Stake and Michael Alexeev
Do Economic Downturns Dampen Patent Litigation? pp. 481-536: Alan Marco, Shawn Miller, and Ted Sichelman
Tacit Collusion: The Neglected Experimental Evidence pp. 537-577: Christoph Engel
“Too Many Notes”? An Empirical Study of Advocacy in Federal Appeals pp. 578-600: Gregory C. Sisk and Michael Heise

Sentence Reductions for a Guilty Plea in England and Wales: Exploring New Empirical Trends pp. 187-210: Julian V. Roberts and Ben Bradford
Multidistrict Centralization: An Empirical Examination pp. 211-235: Emery G. Lee, Catherine R. Borden, Margaret S. Williams and Kevin M. Scott
Disclosures About Disclosures: Can Conflict of Interest Warnings be Made More Effective? pp. 236-251: Ahmed E. Taha and John V. Petrocelli
On Probation: An Experimental Analysis pp. 252-288: Christoph Engel, Heike Hennig‐Schmidt, Bernd Irlenbusch and Sebastian Kube
Social Networks and Personal Bankruptcy pp. 289-310: Michelle M. Miller
Does Delegation Undermine Accountability? Experimental Evidence on the Relationship Between Blame Shifting and Control pp. 311-339: Adam Hill

Dedication pp. 1-1: The Editors
Four Decades of Federal Civil Rights Litigation pp. 4-28: Theodore Eisenberg
Damages Versus Specific Performance: Lessons from Commercial Contracts pp. 29-69: Theodore Eisenberg and Geoffrey P. Miller
The Death Penalty: Should the Judge or the Jury Decide Who Dies? pp. 70-99: Valerie P. Hans, John H. Blume, Theodore Eisenberg, Amelia Courtney Hritz, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Caisa Elizabeth Royer and Martin T. Wells
Plaintiphobia in State Courts Redux? An Empirical Study of State Court Trials on Appeal pp. 100-127: Theodore Eisenberg and Michael Heise
Pain and Suffering Damages in Wrongful Death Cases: An Empirical Study pp. 128-160: Yun‐chien Chang, Theodore Eisenberg, Han‐Wei Ho and Martin T. Wells
Addressing the Zeros Problem: Regression Models for Outcomes with a Large Proportion of Zeros, with an Application to Trial Outcomes pp. 161-186: Theodore Eisenberg, Thomas Eisenberg, Martin T. Wells and Min Zhang