Empirical Legal Analysis : Assessing the Performance of Legal Institutions (Hardcover)

Introduction, Yun-chien Chang  1. Why Was the Democratic Transition in South Africa Viable, Robert P. Inman and Daniel L. Rubinfeld  2. Reality Check: How Malpractice Facts Changed Malpractice Liability Theory, Jennifer Arlen  3. How do We Decide How Long to Incarcerate, David S. Abrams  4. Does Appellate Precedent Matter? Stock Price Responses to Appellate Court Decisions of FCC Actions, Daniel L. Chen, Susan Yeh and Alberto G. Araiza  5. Do Police Reduce Crime? A Reexamination of a Natural Experiment, John J. Donohue, Daniel E. Ho and Patrick Leahy  6. To Tear Down or Not to Tear Down? An Empirical Study of Boundary Encroachment Cases in Taiwan, Yun-chien Chang  7. Judicial Activism and Government Practices in Litigation in the Israeli High Court of Justice 1970-2000, Yoav Dotan  8. Case Selection and Dissent in Courts of Last Resort: An Empirical Study of the Israel Supreme Court, Theodore Eisenberg, Talia Fisher and Issi Rosen-Zvi  9. Determinants of Constitutionally Safeguarded Judicial Review: Insights Based on a New Indicator, Jerg Gutmann, Bernd Hayo and Stefan Voigt