Legal Systems
Studies: 44
Focal Point Theory Test of Behavior and Attitudes by Nadler, Janice; McAdams, Richard
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Economic theories of legal compliance emphasize legal sanctions, whereas psychological and sociological theories stress the perceived legitimacy of law. Without disputing the importance of either mechanism, this ...

hdl:1902.2/24721
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Updated: Nov 4, 2009
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This data set contains delegate votes on 28 motions at the United States Constitutional Convention held in 1787. Nine of the motions are related to slavery, sixteen come from a disparate list created ...

hdl:1902.2/24544
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Updated: Jul 9, 2009
National Survey of Miranda Warnings, 2005-2006 by Rogers, Richard; Shuman, Daniel
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Miranda warnings given by police to criminal suspects before they are questioned, are heterogeneous in their language, length, and content. Past research has focused mostly on individual Miranda warnings. Lacking ...

hdl:1902.2/23100
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Updated: Apr 25, 2009
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This project orignally was undertaken to compile a definitive database on the personal, social, economic, career, and political attributes of judges who served on the United States Courts of Appeals ...

hdl:1902.2/6796
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Updated: Mar 5, 2009
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This project was undertaken to compile a definitive database on the personal, social, economic, career, and political attributes of judges who served on the United States District Courts from 1801 to ...

hdl:1902.2/4553
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Updated: Feb 21, 2009
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This data collection is based on the household screening survey conducted by the Civil Litigation Research Project (CLRP) in 1980. The survey was conducted in five federal judicial districts in the ...

hdl:1902.2/9743
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Updated: Mar 13, 2008
Access to Justice in Ontario, 1985-1988 by Bogart, W.A.; Vidmar, Neil
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This data collection, which was designed to assess experiences with the Ontario, Canada, civil justice system, is a replication and extension of a survey conducted by the Civil Litigation Research Project ...

hdl:1902.2/9729
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Updated: Mar 13, 2008
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This survey examines the experiences of tort litigants in three state courts: (1) Bucks County, Pennsylvania, (2) Prince George's County, Maryland, and (3) Fairfax County, Virginia. The survey was ...

hdl:1902.2/9699
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Updated: Mar 13, 2008
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The objectives of this data collection were to capture the histories of complex, multiparty, political legal disputes, to measure political "chill," and to test a model of crossinstitutional disputing. A ...

hdl:1902.2/9485
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Updated: Mar 13, 2008
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This data collection encompasses all aspects of United States Supreme Court decision-making from the beginning of the Warren Court in 1953 to the completion of the most recent term of the Rehnquist Court. In ...

hdl:1902.2/9422
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Updated: Mar 13, 2008