PDF Copy Abstract Anchoring is a powerful behavioral bias that significantly affects decisions. Numerous studies have shown that juries and even judges are susceptible to its effects. This article contributes to the existing research by measuring how even subtle, irrelevant anchors in the legal system affect decisions, thus filling a gap in the literature in this area. Additionally, the article…
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Algorithmic Risk Assessments and the Double-Edged Sword of Youth
By Megan T. Stevenson and Christopher Slobogin
PDF Version Introduction Risk assessment algorithms—statistical formulas that predict the likelihood a person will commit crime in the future—are used across the country to help make life-altering decisions in the criminal process, including setting bail, determining sentences, selecting probation conditions, and deciding parole.1 Yet many of these instruments are “black-box” tools. The algorithms they use are secret, both…
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Appointing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Judges in the Trump Administration
By Carl Tobias
PDF Version President Donald Trump incessantly brags that American citizens selected him to “Make the Judiciary Great Again” and constantly reminds the public that the huge number of federal jurists whom Trump has appointed will be deciding cases decades after his tenure is over. Trump has rapidly submitted many circuit and district court candidates, but not one of…
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Free the Data! The Scramble to Access Data in Light of Schrems I & II
By Charlotte Young
Maximillian Schrems was a PhD student in Austria when he decided to participate in a study abroad program with Santa Clara University. While Schrems was at Santa Clara, Ed Palmari, Facebook’s privacy lawyer, spoke to his class. It was during this lecture that Schrems received the ammunition that he needed to challenge the legitimacy of EU–U.S. data transfers.…
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