A Common Policy Space: Estimating positions of highest courts and political actors using amici briefs
Find the working paper here. (Version: 12/2021) AbstractWhat are the positions of highest courts towards political reform? Answering this question requires to place courts in a common space with political actors. Americanists rely on individual votes to estimate justices’ positions. Comparativists face challenges: First, votes are not published everywhere. Second, positions from judicial votes map …