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Find the book for purchase here or — if available — via your university on Springer Link. SummaryThis book shows that constitutional courts exercise direct and indirect power on political branches through decision-making. The first face of judicial power is characterized by courts directing political actors to implement judicial decisions in specific ways. The second …

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Find the Article here. AbstractDoes a government in a bicameral system strategically alter the length of the legislative process in the first chamber in anticipation of future majorities in the second chamber? Drawing on an existing formal model of dynamic policy-making, we argue that governing majorities strategically accelerate or delay their agenda when a potential …

Temporal Strategies. Governments Alter the Pace of Legislation in Bicameralism Depending on Electoral Expectations Read More »

English TitleThe Composition of the German Federal Constitutional Court. Mirror Image of Societal Preferences? Find the Article here. AbstractWhich candidates do the German public want to be judges of the Federal Constitutional Court? Constitutional courts require public support. This support is also the result of the legitimacy of the politically elected judges. We argue that …

Die Besetzung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts. Ein Spiegelbild gesellschaftlicher Präferenzen? Read More »

Find the Article here. Abstract Objective:  The present study sought to 1) characterize insertion forces resulting from a flexible straight electrode array (EA) inserted at slow and ultra-slow insertion velocities, and 2) evaluate if ultra-slow velocities decrease insertion forces independent of other variables. Background: Low insertion forces are desirable in cochlear implant (CI) surgery to …

The Effect of Ultra-slow Velocities on Insertion Forces Read More »

Find the Article here. Abstract Background:  Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMP) testing in response to air-conducted sound (ACS) has excellent sensitivity and specificity for superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS). However, patients with SCDS may experience vertigo with the test, and recent works recommend minimizing acoustic energy during VEMP testing. Purpose:  To develop an oVEMP protocol …

Reducing sound exposure during Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing for Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence Syndrome Read More »

Find the Article here. AbstractPast research suggests that natural preferences for leisure influence the ways in which federal judges carry out their work. We consider the extent to which incentives for leisure reduce the speed with which judges work and the quality of their output. We take advantage of a natural experiment caused by an …

Estimating the Effect of Leisure on Judicial Performance Read More »

English TitleThe Influence of Party Identification on Judicial Votes at the German Federal Constitutional Court.A Quantitative Assessment. Find the Article here. Press Release by the University of Mannheim. AbstractÜber den Einfluss der Parteinähe der einzelnen Bundesverfassungsrichter auf die Gerichtsentscheidungenwird auch in der Rechtswissenschaft diskutiert – oder vielmehr spekuliert. Denn die Rechtswissenschaft verfügt nicht über eigene …

Zum Einfluss der Parteinähe auf das Abstimmungsverhalten der Bundesverfassungsrichter Read More »

Find the Article here. AbstractTo compare court decisions in a systematic way, it is typically necessary to first read these decisions and then apply legal methods to them. Measurement models that support analysts in this manual labor usually rely on judges’ voting records. Since these data are often not available, we instead propose a latent-variable …

Scaling Court Decisions with Citation Networks Read More »

English TitleThe Influence of Public Opinion on decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court.An Analysis of Abstract Judicial Reviews and Federal State Disputes 1974 – 2010 Find the Article here. AbstractIs the Federal Constitutional Court, as often depicted, a mostly independent actor in the German political system? The present analysis shows for the first time to …

Zum Einfluss der öffentlichen Meinung auf Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts Read More »