This Essay describes the phenomenon of cultural bias in judicial decision making, and examines the use of testimonies and opinions of cultural experts as a way to diminish this bias. The Essay compares the legal regimes of the United States and Israel. Whereas in the United States, the general practice of using cultural experts in courts is well developed and regulated, the Israeli legal proced...

Abstract Background The study of health system resilience is relatively novel, but paramount in systems research. It intended to portray the ability a withstand, adapt and cope with catastrophic events or ‘shocks' that affect its capacity delivering safe, high quality services population. These which cause sudden extreme change can pose an acute chronic impact on certain functions at various de...

This paper examines the effect of judicial of ideology on the selection and outcome of telecommunications regulatory cases. Using a dataset on Federal Communications Commission orders and trials from 1990 to 1995, this paper shows that changes in the make-up of the bench of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affects not only who wins the cases, but also the cases selected for litigation. Specifi...

The traditional view that inter-branch judicial independence is a necessary condition for high levels of foreign direct investment is flawed because it neglects to consider the significance of the autonomy of judges from societal actors as a distinct factor. Separating these two aspects of judicial independence and then interacting them produces four “judicial regime types”: the Liberal, Partis...

This thesis examines the relationship between contested judicial elections and the value of total damages in product liability trials. For years, legal scholars have argued that judicial elections pose a direct threat to a judge's impartiality, but this thesis is one of only a few studies to observe judicial elections' quantitative effects on the application of law. Narrowing the focus of this ...

In the 1970s and 80s the feminist and battered womenÕs movement transformed public perception of domestic violence from a private family matter to a crime punishable by legal sanctions. Consequently, many states passed laws criminalizing domestic violence. In turn, domestic violence cases filled criminal court dockets around the country. Suddenly, judges played a major role in implementing and ...