Judicial Characteristics and Judicial Decision-Making Study, 1955 (ICPSR 7084)

Version Date: Feb 16, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
Stuart S. Nagel

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07084.v1

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Summary

This study collected information on the judges serving on American state supreme courts and the United States Supreme Court in 1955. Background data were obtained from standard biographical sources, and judicial decision measures were derived from court records. The variables assessed party identification, organizational affiliations, judicial decision scores in over a dozen separate areas, and the career history of judges.

Citation

Nagel, Stuart S. Judicial Characteristics and Judicial Decision-Making Study, 1955. [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07084.v1

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Time Period(s)

1955

Date of Collection

1955
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Universe

Judges serving on American state supreme courts and the United States Supreme Court.

Data Source

standard biographical sources and court records

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1984-05-03

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Nagel, Stuart S. JUDICIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND JUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING STUDY, 1955. Urbana-Champaign, IL: Stuart S. Nagel, University of Illinois [producer], 195?. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1976. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07084.v1
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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.