The Elevator Effect - Hazelton, Morgan L W; Hinkle, Rachael K; Nelson, Michael J
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Drawing on an original and impressive collection of data, The Elevator Effect comprehensively examines the importance of interpersonal relationships among judges for judicial decision-making and legal development. A clear and readable narrative backed by analysis of judicial behavior throughout the U.S. federal judicial hierarchy, this work demonstrates that the institutional structure in which judges operate substantially tempers judicial behavior.

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Drawing on an original and impressive collection of data, The Elevator Effect comprehensively examines the importance of interpersonal relationships among judges for judicial decision-making and legal development. A clear and readable narrative backed by analysis of judicial behavior throughout the U.S. federal judicial hierarchy, this work demonstrates that the institutional structure in which judges operate substantially tempers judicial behavior.
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Morgan L.W. Hazelton is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Law (by Courtesy) at Saint Louis University. She studies how features of courts influence the decisions that litigants and judges make drawing on her background in both law and political science. Her work includes Persuading the Supreme Court: The Significance of Briefs in Judicial Decision-Making. She received her B.A. from the University of New Mexico, J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, and her Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. Rachael K. Hinkle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. Her research agenda focuses on judicial politics with particular attention to gleaning insights into legal development from the content of judicial opinions and other legal texts through the use of computational text analytic techniques. Her work includes Persuading the Supreme Court: The Significance of Briefs in Judicial Decision-Making. She received her B.A. from Huntington University, J.D. from Ohio Northern, and her Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. She clerked in the District of Arizona and the Sixth Circuit. Michael J. Nelson is a Professor of Political Science and Affiliate Law Faculty at Pennsylvania State University. He studies the causes and consequences of judicial power in the United States and abroad and is the author of Black and Blue: How African Americans Judge the American Legal System, The Politics of Federal Prosecution, and Judging Inequality: State Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis. He received his B.A. from Drake University and his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.