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8/29-9/1/2013
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition
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State Supreme Court Data Project
: Database of state Supreme Court decisions from 1995-1998 and judge bios
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: Data available for judges and courts; downloadable in .zip files
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Small-Claims Mediation Policies in Each State
: A list of the different mediation methods in each state
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Federal vs. State Courts
: Table comparing federal and state courts
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Recent Scholarship
State Courts and Policy Legitimation: An Experimental Study of the Ability of State Courts to Change Opinion
: Hume, Robert J. (Publius: The Journal of American Federalism), 2011
Summary
: Investigates the hypothesis that institutional differences between state and federal courts influences judges' ability to influence public opinion about policy
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