Published and working papers that apply or cite the Jurist-Derived Judicial Ideology Scores.
George, Tracey E., Mitu Gulati, and Albert Yoon. “Beyond Merit: The Hidden Gatekeepers to Supreme Court Clerkships.” Vanderbilt Law Research Paper 5375406 (2025). [SSRN]
Ash, Elliott and Kevin L. Cope. “Judicial Dimensions.” (working paper)
Katz, Ori. “Attitude Theories of the Law.” (2021). [SSRN]
Westerland, Chad. “Measuring Judicial Ideology.” Research Handbook on Judicial Politics (2024): 407–422.
Cope, Kevin, Christopher A. Cotropia, and Jonathan R. Nash. “Judges’ Chambers.” (working paper)
Truscott, Jake S., and Michael K. Romano. “Measuring Judicial Ideology Through Text.” Journal of Law and Courts (2025): 1–18.
Artabe, Endika, and Alex Badas. “Using Large Language Models to Measure the Ideology of Supreme Court Justices.” Journal of Law & Empirical Analysis (2026). [Journal]
Sapiro-Gheiler, Eyal, and Jonathan P. Kastellec. “Appealing to Large-Language-Model-as-Judge: A Comprehensive Machine-Coded Database for the US Courts of Appeals.” (2026) (working paper) [PDF]
Canayaz, Mehmet I., and Matthew T. Gustafson. “Small Business Judging Judges.” Management Science (2026). [Journal]
Machuca, Ricardo. “Which Courts Check the President?: Federal Court Level and Executive Action, 1985–2025.” (2026) (working paper)
Hagemann, Paula L. “The Waiting Game: Circuit Salience and Partisan Polarization in Judicial Confirmation Duration.” (2026) (dissertation)
Palíšek, Petr. “Psychology of Judicial Decision-Making: Facet Model of Judicial Uncertainty.” (2026) (thesis, Masaryk University)
