Lower Court Influence on High Courts: Evidence from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

IF 0.8 Q2 LAW
Jennifer Bowie, Ali S. Masood, Elisha C. Savchak, Natalie Smith, Bianca Wieck, Cameron Abrams, Meghna Melkote
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Abstract

Do lower court judges influence the content of Supreme Court opinions in the United Kingdom? Leveraging original data, we analyze opinion language adoption practices of the UK Supreme Court. We advance a theory where the justices’ choices to adopt language from lower court opinions are influenced by Supreme Court-level attributes and Court of Appeal case characteristics. We uncover compelling evidence that UK Supreme Court justices incorporate language extensively from the written opinions of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Our findings have significant implications for opinion formulation, doctrinal development, and higher and lower court interactions within comparative courts.
下级法院对高等法院的影响:来自英国最高法院的证据
在英国,下级法院法官是否会影响最高法院意见的内容?利用原始数据,我们分析了英国最高法院的意见语言采纳实践。我们提出了一种理论,即法官选择采用下级法院意见的语言受到最高法院级别属性和上诉法院案件特征的影响。我们发现了令人信服的证据,证明英国最高法院法官广泛采纳了英格兰和威尔士上诉法院书面意见中的语言。我们的研究结果对比较法院内的意见制定、理论发展以及高等法院和下级法院的互动具有重要意义。
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