The Effect of Case Complexity on the Time Allocated to Oral Arguments: A Multilevel Model

• In Event: Comparative Judicial Politics

Brief Overview

Ex ante case complexity influences the time a court needs to render its render a decision. The observed impact varies by the level of the institutionalization of the Supreme Court in a given year, as demonstrated by a multilevel regression model.

Authors

• William R. Shaffer, Purdue University-Main Campus

• Gunnar Grendstad, University of Bergen

• Eric N. Waltenburg, Purdue University-Main Campus

• Henrik Litlere Bentsen, Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE)