Keren Weinshall
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View article: Reconceptualizing Judicial Activism: Intervention Versus Involvement in the Israeli Supreme Court
Reconceptualizing Judicial Activism: Intervention Versus Involvement in the Israeli Supreme Court Open
The paper conceptualizes two distinct yet interconnected modes of judicial activism: courts as intervening in the policies and actions of other branches of government and courts as involved in their policymaking process. It proposes empiri…
View article: Judging fast or slow: The effects of reduced caseloads on gender‐ and ethnic‐based disparities in case outcomes
Judging fast or slow: The effects of reduced caseloads on gender‐ and ethnic‐based disparities in case outcomes Open
What is the effect of caseload volume on case outcome disparities based on a litigant's gender or ethnicity? This paper presents three nonexclusive mechanisms to explain possible effects. The first mechanism relates to a litigant's inclina…
View article: Ideological bias in constitutional judgments: Experimental analysis and potential solutions
Ideological bias in constitutional judgments: Experimental analysis and potential solutions Open
Despite the importance and neutrality of constitutional rights, empirical research suggests that ideological inclinations unduly affect their assessment and application. In this study, we conducted two experiments in order to investigate t…
View article: Diffusion of Legal Innovations
Diffusion of Legal Innovations Open
The law is permanently under construction. Most legal change is intentional. A legislator, a court, or one of the law's subjects hopes to better achieve a purpose by switching from one rule, one interpretation, or one remedy to the next. Y…
View article: The Strategic Analysis of Judicial Behavior
The Strategic Analysis of Judicial Behavior Open
The past decade has witnessed a worldwide explosion of work aimed at illuminating judicial-behavior: the choices judges make and the consequences of their choices. We focus on strategic accounts of judicial-behavior. As in other approaches…
View article: Manna from Heaven for Judges: Judges’ Reaction to a <scp>Quasi‐Random</scp> Reduction in Caseload
Manna from Heaven for Judges: Judges’ Reaction to a <span>Quasi‐Random</span> Reduction in Caseload Open
What is the impact of caseload on judicial decision making? Is increasing judicial staff effective in improving judicial services? To address these questions, we exploit a natural, near‐randomized experiment in the Israeli judiciary. In 20…
View article: Manna from Heaven for Judges – Judges’ Reaction to a Quasi-Random Reduction in Caseload
Manna from Heaven for Judges – Judges’ Reaction to a Quasi-Random Reduction in Caseload Open
View article: Ideological influences on governance and regulation: The comparative case of supreme courts
Ideological influences on governance and regulation: The comparative case of supreme courts Open
A key influence on governance and regulation is the ideology of individual decisionmakers. However, certain branches of government – such as courts – while wielding wide ranging regulatory powers, are expected to do so with no attitudinal …
View article: Diffusion of Legal Innovations: The Case of Israeli Class Actions
Diffusion of Legal Innovations: The Case of Israeli Class Actions Open
View article: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Class Actions An Israeli Perspective
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Class Actions An Israeli Perspective Open