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Judging Women

2011; Wiley; Volume: 8; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Africâner

10.1111/j.1740-1461.2011.01218.x

1740-1461

Stephen J. Choi, Mitu Gulati, Mirya R. Holman, Eric A. Posner,

Legal Education and Practice Innovations

Journal of Empirical Legal StudiesVolume 8, Issue 3 p. 504-532 Judging Women Stephen J. Choi, Stephen J. Choi New York University Law SchoolSearch for more papers by this authorMitu Gulati, Mitu Gulati Duke University Law SchoolSearch for more papers by this authorMirya Holman, Mirya Holman Florida Atlantic University—Political ScienceSearch for more papers by this authorEric A. Posner, Corresponding Author Eric A. Posner University of Chicago Law School Eric Posner, University of Chicago Law School, 1111 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637; email: eric_posner@law.uchicago.edu. Choi is at New York University Law School; Gulati is at Duke University Law School; Holman is at Florida Atlantic University—Political Science; Posner is at University of Chicago Law School. Search for more papers by this author Stephen J. Choi, Stephen J. Choi New York University Law SchoolSearch for more papers by this authorMitu Gulati, Mitu Gulati Duke University Law SchoolSearch for more papers by this authorMirya Holman, Mirya Holman Florida Atlantic University—Political ScienceSearch for more papers by this authorEric A. Posner, Corresponding Author Eric A. Posner University of Chicago Law School Eric Posner, University of Chicago Law School, 1111 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637; email: eric_posner@law.uchicago.edu. Choi is at New York University Law School; Gulati is at Duke University Law School; Holman is at Florida Atlantic University—Political Science; Posner is at University of Chicago Law School. Search for more papers by this author First published: 03 August 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-1461.2011.01218.xCitations: 23 Thanks to Rick Abel, Christina Boyd, Ros Dixon, Maxine Eichner, Laura Gomez, Sung Hui Kim, Jack Knight, Ann McGinley, David Levi, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Jeff Rachlinski, Un Kyung Park, Gowri Ramachandran, Jon Tomlin, and participants at workshops at Duke, UNM, and Southwestern law schools for comments. Special thanks to Charles Clotfelter and Lee Epstein for comments on multiple occasions. Choi wishes to thank the Filomen D'Agostino and Max E. Greenberg Research Fund for providing summer research support for this article. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract Justice Sonia Sotomayor's assertion that female judges might be better than male judges has generated accusations of sexism and potential bias. An equally controversial claim is that male judges are better than female judges because the latter have benefited from affirmative action. These claims are susceptible to empirical analysis. Using a data set of all the state high court judges in 1998–2000, we estimate three measures of judicial output: opinion production, outside state citations, and co-partisan disagreements. For many of our tests, we fail to find significant gender effects on judicial performance. Where we do find significant gender effects for our state high court judges, female judges perform better than male judges. An analysis of data from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the federal district courts produces roughly similar findings. Citing Literature Volume8, Issue3September 2011Pages 504-532 RelatedInformation