Judge Like Me: Descriptive Representation, Partisanship, and Judicial Legitimacy

• In Event: Gender and the Courts

Brief Overview

Survey experiment that varies the race, gender, and partisanship of judges on lower courts to better understand what is most important for individuals when they evaluate judicial legitimacy.

Authors

• Leah Christiani, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

• Ryan Williams, University of South Alabama