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Judicial Workload, Jury Verdicts & Crime Data
Links compiled by Harvard Law School Library.
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Calculate Ideal Points of Federal Judges
This program implements the Giles, Hettinger, Peppers (GHP) method of estimating ideal points of federal judges in ...
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Constitute Project
Beautiful online environment to read, search, and compare the world's constitutions
Data Sites | Law & Courts
Supreme Court Citation Network Data
This page contains links to two sets of data on citations in the U.S. Supreme Court from the U.S. Reports.
Data Sites | Law & Courts
World Justice Project
WJP's original research and data is grounded in the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index
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High Courts Judicial Database
The High Courts Judicial Database (HCJD) provides coded information on the content of universes or random samples o...
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Supreme Court Database
the definitive source, contains over two hundred pieces of information about each case decided between 1946 and 201...
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Federal Judicial Center Biographical Database
Extremely helpful resource for research on federal judges.
Data Sites | Law & Courts
TRAC Immigration Tool
Data on immigration court actions, deportations.
Data Sites | Law & Courts
Religion and State Project Constitutions Dataset
Constitutional clauses that address religion for 177 countries on a yearly basis between 1990 and 2008.
Data Sites | Law & Courts

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Justice System Journal
Interdisciplinary journal that publishes original research articles on all aspects of law, courts, court administra...
Journals | Law & Courts
Int'l J. of Law, Crime and Justice
Refereed journal for high quality research and analysis in the areas of socio-legal studies and the psychology of l...
Journals | Law & Courts
Crime, Law and Social Change
RSS | peer reviewed journal that publishes essays and reviews addressing the political economy of organized crime whether...
Journals | Law & Courts
Journal of Judicial Administration
a leading forum for the discussion of contemporary issues impacting on judicial administration
Journals | Law & Courts
Social Justice Research
RSS | nvestigating the origins, structures, and consequences of justice in human affairs
Journals | Law & Courts
Volokh Conspiracy
Posts about law and politics
Blogs | Law & Courts
Journal of Law and Courts
From the Law and Courts Organized Section of the American Political Science Association.
Journals | Law & Courts
Law & Society Review
RSS | peer-reviewed publication for work bearing on the relationship between society and the legal process
Journals | Law & Courts
Journal of Supreme Court History
RSS | Published for the Supreme Court Historical Society, the journal and the society are dedicated to the collection and...
Journals | Law & Courts
Journal of Experimental Criminology
RSS | focuses on high quality experimental and quasi-experimental research in the development of evidence based crime and...
Journals | Law & Courts


Lobbying Justice(s)? Exploring the Nature of Amici Influence in State Supreme Court Decision MakingAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Jenna Becker Kane (2017)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


How Courts Structure State-Level RepresentationAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Jonathan Kastellec (2018)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


Administrative Records Mask Racially Biased PolicingAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Dean Knox (2020)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


Institutionalized Police Brutality: Torture, the Militarization of Security and the Reform of Inquisitorial Criminal Justice in MexicoAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Beatriz Magaloni; Luis Rodriguez (2020)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


Judging Judicial Review in the American StatesAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Charles Crabtree; Michael J Nelson (2019)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


The Influence of Legislative Reappointment on State Supreme Court Decision-MakingAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Thomas Gray (2017)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


Constitutional Reform and the Gender Diversification of Peak CourtsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Nancy Arrington; Leeann Bass; Adam Glynn; Jeffrey K. Staton; Brian Delgado; Staffan I. Lindberg (2021)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


How Partisan Is Local Law Enforcement? Evidence from Sheriff Cooperation with Immigration AuthoritiesAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Daniel M. Thompson (2020)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


Gender, Law Enforcement, and Access to Justice: Evidence from All-Women Police Stations in IndiaAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Nirvikar Jassal (2020)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts


Hate Speech Prosecution of Politicians and Its Effect on Support for the Legal System and DemocracyAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Roderik Rekker (Forthcoming)
	Journal Archives \| Law & Courts

Judicial Workload, Jury Verdicts & Crime Data
Links compiled by Harvard Law School Library.
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Calculate Ideal Points of Federal Judges
This program implements the Giles, Hettinger, Peppers (GHP) method of estimating ideal points of federal judges in ...
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Constitute Project
Beautiful online environment to read, search, and compare the world's constitutions
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Supreme Court Citation Network Data
This page contains links to two sets of data on citations in the U.S. Supreme Court from the U.S. Reports.
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

World Justice Project
WJP's original research and data is grounded in the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

High Courts Judicial Database
The High Courts Judicial Database (HCJD) provides coded information on the content of universes or random samples o...
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Supreme Court Database
the definitive source, contains over two hundred pieces of information about each case decided between 1946 and 201...
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Federal Judicial Center Biographical Database
Extremely helpful resource for research on federal judges.
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

TRAC Immigration Tool
Data on immigration court actions, deportations.
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Religion and State Project Constitutions Dataset
Constitutional clauses that address religion for 177 countries on a yearly basis between 1990 and 2008.
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Lee Epstein
Washington University in St. Louis, see dataverse.
	Authors \| Law & Courts

Andrew Martin
Washington Univ. in St. Louis
	Authors \| Law & Courts

Chris W. Bonneau
University of Pittsburgh, see dataverse page.
	Authors \| Law & Courts

Matthew Hall
University of Notre Dame, see replication data and large datasets.
	Authors \| Law & Courts

Paul J. Wahlbeck
Mostly about the U.S. Supreme Court
	Authors \| Law & Courts

Jonathan Kastellec
Princeton Univ., see dataverse.
	Authors \| Law & Courts

Justice System Journal
Interdisciplinary journal that publishes original research articles on all aspects of law, courts, court administra...
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Int'l J. of Law, Crime and Justice
Refereed journal for high quality research and analysis in the areas of socio-legal studies and the psychology of l...
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Crime, Law and Social Change
RSS \| peer reviewed journal that publishes essays and reviews addressing the political economy of organized crime whether...
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Journal of Judicial Administration
a leading forum for the discussion of contemporary issues impacting on judicial administration
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Social Justice Research
RSS \| nvestigating the origins, structures, and consequences of justice in human affairs
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Volokh Conspiracy
Posts about law and politics
	Blogs \| Law & Courts

Journal of Law and Courts
From the Law and Courts Organized Section of the American Political Science Association.
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Law & Society Review
RSS \| peer-reviewed publication for work bearing on the relationship between society and the legal process
	Journals \| Law & Courts