Navigating Specialized Issues in a Generalist Court: The Effects of Federal Redistricting on Judicial Behavior

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Brief Overview

This paper explores how the federal judiciary adjudicates congressional redistricting cases through the application of principal-agent theory in order to analyze how highly-specialized and politically complex issue areas affect judicial behavior.

Author

• Natalie L Smith, Rhodes College