Examining Judicial Symbols in State Courts of Last Resort

• In Event: The Importance of Legal Process and Procedure

Brief Overview

We introduce a novel dataset of judicial symbols in the courtrooms of the fifty U.S. state supreme courts. We explore trends and correlates of the symbols as well as the structure of our data with regards to different measurable dimensions.

Authors

• Ryan Christopher Black, Michigan State University

• Matthew Thomas Cota, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

• Timothy R Johnson, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities