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Robert L. Nelson
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Civil justice
Conceptualizing, Contextualizing, and Testing the Effects of the Rule of Law
Authors:
Robert L. Nelson
,
Tom Ginsburg
, Updated Dec 29, 2011
Using a mix of methodologies, this project seeks to identify the conditional mechanisms under which the rule of law produces its desired results. First, the project exploits its unique access to the…
Legal profession
Urban Lawyers: The New Social Structure of the Bar
Authors:
John P. Heinz
,
Robert L. Nelson
, John P. Heinz, Robert L. Nelson, Rebecca L. Sandefur and Edward O. Laumann, Updated Sep 24, 2008
Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 2005 Over the past several decades, the number of lawyers in large cities has doubled, women have entered the bar at an…
After the JD
Authors:
Bryant G. Garth
,
Robert L. Nelson
,
Ronit Dinovitzer
, Joyce Sterling, Updated Jan 4, 2010
The After the JD (AJD) project is an empirical study of the career outcomes of a cohort of almost 5,000 new lawyers, offering both a nationally representative picture of lawyer career trajectories…
Social justice
Employment Discrimination Litigation
Authors:
Robert L. Nelson
,
Laura Beth Nielsen
,
Ryon Lancaster
, John Donohue III, Peter Siegelman, Updated Feb 11, 2008
At the center of current debates about the role of anti-discrimination law in American society is the system of discrimination litigation. Despite the sheer magnitude of changes in employment…
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James J. Heckman
Carol A. Heimer
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Steven D. Levitt
Elizabeth Mertz
Janice Nadler
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Laura Beth Nielsen
Dylan C. Penningroth
Jothie Rajah
Christopher Schmidt
Susan P. Shapiro
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