Gender and Judging: Court Decision-Making in New Contexts

Session Submission Type: In-Person Created Panel

Session Description

Increased female representation on courts has led scholars to investigate the role of sex and gender on court decision-making. This panel propels this scholarship by examining the role of gender in decision making across new court contexts and different socio-political environments. These papers promote a more nuanced understanding of how gender diversification may be theoretically and empirically examined outside of traditional contexts, how gender relates to different issue areas, how gender interacts with other identities and political cultures, and how diversification impacts group deliberation.

Sub Unit

• Division 26: Law and Courts

Individual Presentations

• Gender Matters in the Judiciary: Adjudicating Sexual Assault in Korea - Seo Nyeong Jo, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

• “Nevertheless, She Persisted”: The Role of Gender on the Swedish Supreme Court - Johan Lindholm, University of Umea; Mattias Derlén, University of Umea; Daniel Naurin, Oslo University

• The Fairer Sex? Evidence from Administrative Courts - Luzmarina Garcia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chair

• Tassiana Moura de Oliveira University at Albany

Discussants

• Tassiana Moura de Oliveira University at Albany

• Tao L. Dumas The College of New Jersey