Most of the discussion of adversarialism has taken place in the context of criminal justice and it is often assumed that family courts are not adversarial, particularly in

child arrangements cases where the stated focus is the future welfare of children. [...]

This study examines the use of empirical discourse in US House of Representatives committee hearings (1997–2016, N = 12, 428), analyzing over 5.8 million sentences

using machine learning classification. We find that empirical discourse has increased over time, not necessarily as a marker of evidence-based policymaking, but driven [...]

Feminist Criminology, Ahead of Print. Despite growing attention to reentry barriers, few studies examine how mothers interpret and negotiate their post-incarceration maternal

identities. Drawing on interviews with 31 formerly incarcerated women, this study examines how stigma is experienced ... [...]

Journal of Law &Empirical Analysis, Ahead of Print. Although only a small number of constitutional courts formally reserve seats for academics, academics serve on many more

courts, reflecting the view that scholarly training equips judges with distinctive qualifications for constitutional adjudication. [...]

AbstractThis paper challenges the traditional view that arbitration is the primary vehicle for promoting the application of lex mercatoria by arguing that, in China, the Supreme

People’s Court (SPC) has played a more pivotal role than arbitration institutions in promoting its application in commercial dispute resolution. [...]