Blanes i Vidal, Jordi 
ORCID: 0009-0002-9237-2049 and Leaver, Clare
(2013)
Social interactions and the content of legal opinions.
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 29 (1).
pp. 78-114.
ISSN 8756-6222
Abstract
We explore whether interactions between judges affect the citation content of legal opinions. Motivated by the economic and sociological literature on networks, we consider two possible mechanisms: knowledge diffusion - a judge is more likely to be aware of, and hence cite, a prior opinion if he has interacted with its author, and socialization - a judge is more likely to cite a prior opinion positively if he has interacted with its author. We find that English appellate judges randomly assigned to work with the author of a given opinion are more (less) likely to make a discretionary citation of that opinion that is positive (neutral) than judges without an interaction, providing support for the socialization mechanism.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://jleo.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Management |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) K Law > K Law (General) |
| JEL classification: | K - Law and Economics > K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior > K40 - General Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology > Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital; Social Networks |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2011 12:28 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2024 12:42 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/32863 |
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