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Race in the War on Drugs: The Social Consequences of Presidential Rhetoric
Our paper “Race in the War on Drugs The Social Consequences of Presidential Rhetoric” can be found on SSRN. It was presented at the Conference on Empirical Legal Studies and published in the Journal...
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Trend graphs for ‘Game of Thrones’ phenomena
Personally, I’d like to see more Direwolves … … and fewer Lannisters. Check out the rest of the graphs and more discussion of ‘Game of Thrones’ trends here.
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Judicial Selection Method Smackdown II: The Return of Appointed vs. Elected...
Some interesting scholarship posted on SSRN in the past couple of years is offered below. Of course, it’s not exhaustive – there is much more – maybe we’ll make this into a series like ‘Friday the...
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The relative difficulty of state bar exams
On The Faculty Lounge they post on the relative difficulty of state bar exams and states’ ‘cut points’ for passing (using a standardized scale). You can see more on state bar exam difficulty here and...
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Drug-related deaths, 2011, for Georgia
Georgia’s at the epicenter of the prescription drug problem:
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Surveillance dangers and some suggestions
Neil Richards (Washington University Law) has posted “The Dangers of Surveillance” on SSRN. It discusses some concrete, but perhaps overlooked, harms posed by excessive surveillance – both government...
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Return on investment from lobbying
An interesting study by Alexander, Mazza & Scholz, “Measuring Rates of Return for Lobbying Expenditures: An Empirical Case Study of Tax Breaks For Multinational Corporations,” is provided on SSRN...
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Just for fun – What journals do courts cite?
With academics increasingly coming under pressure to demonstrate that scholarship has real world impact, citation to government decisions seems informative. I took a few minutes to assemble some...
View ArticleThe 2012-13 law faculty salaries
H/T and for more information on such matters see TaxProf Blog. For additional information on how SALT salary surveys are done go here. U.S. News Law School Assistant Professor Tenured Professor Summer...
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Dangerous neighborhoods in the US
Starting at #25 Rank Neighborhood Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) My Chances of Becoming a Victim Here (in one year) 25 Chicago, IL (S Indiana Ave / E 60th St) 65.77 1 in 15 24 Tulsa, OK (E Apache St /...
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Graph of the Day
The effect of debt ceiling strategizing on policy uncertainty: Source: Econbrower.
View ArticleDo Policy Messengers Matter?
If you download this paper, it will change your life — I mean, it will if you believe in the whole ‘Butterfly Effect’ phenomenon …. My co-author, Scott Boddery, recently posted our paper “Do Policy...
View ArticleJosh Zingher on social group membership and the evolution of political parties
Josh Zingher has posted his paper “An Analysis of the Changing Social Bases of American Political Parties: 1952-2008″ on SSRN. Josh is is a Doctoral Candidate in Political Science at Binghamton...
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