Delegation, Compliance, and Judicial Decision-making in Comparative Context

• In Event: The Choices Judges Make: Strategic Action in Courts

Brief Overview

We argue that the threat of noncompliance presents one factor influencing the use chambers on courts. An empirical analysis of chamber usage in preliminary reference cases at the European Court of Justice provides evidence supporting our account.

Authors

• Sivaram Cheruvu, Emory University

• Jay Krehbiel, West Virginia University