Geography and the Spatial Diffusion of Miranda v. Arizona in State Supreme Courts

Comparato, Scott A.; Mitchell, Josh

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1670344

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“…The present study is related to this literature in that it also uses interstate citations, but it goes further in that it systematically tests a series of hypotheses concerning the transmission of legal precedent, where the hypotheses are grounded in sociolegal contexts. The second strand of literature is a series of studies in law and political science that examine the determinants of the prestige of state supreme courts in the United States (Caldeira 1983; Choi et al 2009; Comparato 2002; Mott 1936). These studies use citation metrics as proxies for the reputation of state supreme courts.…”

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The Transmission of Legal Precedent Across the Australian State Supreme Courts Over the Twentieth Century

Smyth

Mishra

2011

Law Soc Rev

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This article considers several possible determinants of the transmission of legal precedent across Australian state supreme courts over the course of the twentieth century. The study finds that that the transmission of legal precedent is higher between State supreme courts that are more physically proximate and between state supreme courts in which a majority of judges in both courts are appointed by conservative governments. The study further finds that having an intermediate trial court and providing appointments to the High Court of Australia are correlated with whether a state is a source of interstate citations or a cue sender.

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confidence: 99%