Judicial Behavior
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Supreme Court justices are overlooked, but important, national policy-making players who render final and consequential decisions across a wide range of cases. The decisional behavior of an individual justice is a function of his or her notion as to what makes 鈥榞ood鈥� law, pursued in a cultural-collegial setting that is oriented by majoritarian requirements, while constrained by the legal nature of the case being considered.
Since the 1990s, the Norwegian Supreme Court has transformed itself from a court of resolving individual cases into a powerful policy-making court of precedents. A key part of the research project on judicial behavior includes the Doranoh database that links cases, justices and votes.听
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Ghavanini, Anna Wallerman, Gunnar Grendstad, and Johan Karlsson Schaffer. forthcoming. "Institutions that Define the Policy-Making Role of Courts: A Comparative Analysis of the Supreme Courts of Scandinavia." International Journal of Constitutional Law.
Nie, Mintao, Gunnar Grendstad, Eric N. Waltenburg and William R. Shaffer. 2022 芦The Impact of Female Leadership in Collegial Courts on Time to Render Merits Decisions: Evidence from the Norwegian Supreme Court禄, Justice System Journal.听听
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Meland, Ida Marie St酶p, Welat Akman Westrheim, and Gunnar Grendstad. 2022. "Sp酶rsm氓l og dialog i muntlige forhandlinger i Norges H酶yesterett." Lov og Rett 61 (2):117-128.听听
Bentsen, Henrik L., Gunnar Grendstad, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2021 "A High Court Plays the Accordion: Validating Ex Ante Case Complexity on Oral Arguments." Justice System Journal. 42 (2):130鈥�49. () Replication听files:听
Skiple, Jon K氓re, Mark Jonathan McKenzie, and Henrik Litler茅 Bentsen. 2021. "." Journal of Law and Courts 9 (1):111-36.
Grendstad, Gunnar, and Jon K氓re Skiple. 2021. "Tilfeldighetsprinsippet i Norges H酶yesterett: Fordelingen av Saker Mellom Dommere og Fordelingen av Dommere p氓 Avdeling. En empirisk unders酶kelse." Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap 134 (1):46-76. () Replication files:听)
Grendstad, G., W.R. Shaffer, J.脴. Sunde, & E.N. Waltenburg. 2020.听. The Hague: Eleven International Publishing.
Grendstad, G., Shaffer, W. R., Sunde, J. 脴., & Waltenburg, E. N. (2020). From Backlogs to Quality Assurance. The Development of Law Clerk Units at Norwegian Courts. International Journal for Court Administration 11(3), 1-17.听听
Bj酶rnebekk, O.L., G. Grendstad, W. R. Shaffer, & E. N. Waltenburg. 2020. "Case inertia and a better lawyer secure victory in court."听43(2):51-70.听听(request听pdf听and replication files)
Skiple, Jon K氓re, Henrik L. Bentsen, and Chris Hanretty. 2020. "." Scandinavian Political Studies 43 (4):264-85
Bentsen, Henrik Litler茅. 2019. "." Law & Society Review 53 (2):588-610
Bentsen, Henrik Litler茅. 2018. "'." Journal of Law and Courts 6 (1):189-213.
Arnesen, Petter Kristiansen, Henrik L. Bentsen, and Gunnar Grendstad. 2018. "Internasjonalisering, sakskompleksitet og arbeidsmengde i Norges H酶yesterett."听, 57(7):391-411.听(request听pdf听and replication files).
Grendstad, G., Shaffer, W. R., & Waltenburg, E. N. (2017). In R. Davis & D. Taras (Eds.), Justices and Journalists: The Global Perspective (pp. 235-254). New York: Cambridge.
Cappelen, Cornelius, Gunnar Grendstad, and Jon K氓re Skiple. 2016.听. Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap 129 (2-3):107-137.听(request听pdf)
Grendstad, Gunnar, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2016. Ideologi og grunnholdninger hos dommerne i Norges H酶yesterett. Svar til h酶yesterettsdommer Clement Endresen.听听55 (7):443-454.听(request听pdf)
Skiple, J. K., Grendstad, G., Shaffer, W. R., & Waltenburg, E. N. (2016). . Scandinavian Political Studies, 39(1), 73-94.听
Grendstad, G., Shaffer, W. R., & Waltenburg, E. N. (2015). . Colchester, UK: ECPR Press.
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Skiple, J. K. (2015). . Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, 31(4), 278-304.
Grendstad, G., Shaffer, W. R., Skiple, J. K., & Waltenburg, E. N. (2015). . Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, 31(4), 305-332.
Bentsen, H. L. (2014). . Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning, 55(1), 3-22.
Grendstad, G., Shaffer, W. R., & Waltenburg, E. N. (2011). . Retf忙rd, 34(1), 3-22.
Grendstad, G., Shaffer, W. R., & Waltenburg, E. N. (2010). . Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, 123(1), 73-101.