Can you bury ideology? An empirical analysis of the ideal points of the Ministers of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal
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Resumo: | Brazil's Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) is an especially interesting case for scholars with an interest in judicial behavior. The justices of the STF rule in tens of thousands of cases per year, in a great variety of legal disputes. The ideological breakdown of the STF remains puzzling. Observers of the STF find that a single left-right dimension is entirely inadequate to describe the voting coalitions that form in the court. In this paper, we utilize a new dataset covering a representative sample of all cases decided by the STF between 1992 and 2013. The first important finding is that the voting patterns of the STF show that at least four dimensions are necessary to describe the justices' ideal points. We then estimate ideal points for 23 justices on each of four dimensions, and associate these dimensions with the dominant areas of law with which the STF deals. Finally, we seek to use these ideal point estimates to compare the votes of the justices in key cases with their broader voting pattern. |
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Can you bury ideology? An empirical analysis of the ideal points of the Ministers of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal FederalBrazilian Supreme Federal CourtIdeologyJudicial BehaviorDireito AdministrativoDireito ConstitucionalBrazil's Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) is an especially interesting case for scholars with an interest in judicial behavior. The justices of the STF rule in tens of thousands of cases per year, in a great variety of legal disputes. The ideological breakdown of the STF remains puzzling. Observers of the STF find that a single left-right dimension is entirely inadequate to describe the voting coalitions that form in the court. In this paper, we utilize a new dataset covering a representative sample of all cases decided by the STF between 1992 and 2013. The first important finding is that the voting patterns of the STF show that at least four dimensions are necessary to describe the justices' ideal points. We then estimate ideal points for 23 justices on each of four dimensions, and associate these dimensions with the dominant areas of law with which the STF deals. Finally, we seek to use these ideal point estimates to compare the votes of the justices in key cases with their broader voting pattern.Instituto de Direito Romeu Felipe Bacellar2017-06-25info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaaec.com/index.php/revistaaec/article/view/80210.21056/aec.v17i68.802A&C - Revista de Direito Administrativo & Constitucional; Vol. 17 No. 68 (2017): April/June; 43-59A&C - Revista de Direito Administrativo & Constitucional; Vol. 17 Núm. 68 (2017): abril/junio; 43-59A&C - Revista de Direito Administrativo & Constitucional; v. 17 n. 68 (2017): abril/junho; 43-591516-321010.21056/aec.v17i68reponame:A&C - Revista de Direito Administrativo & Constitucionalinstname:Editora Fóruminstacron:ED-FOenghttps://revistaaec.com/index.php/revistaaec/article/view/802/656Copyright (c) 2017 Ivar Alberto Hartmann, Alexander Hudsoninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHudson, AlexanderHartmann, Ivar Alberto2019-05-29T18:19:42Zoai:ojs.revistaaec.com:article/802Revistahttp://www.revistaaec.com/index.php/revistaaec/indexPRIhttp://www.revistaaec.com/index.php/revistaaec/oaiaec.revista@gmail.com1516-32101984-4182opendoar:2019-05-29T18:19:42A&C - Revista de Direito Administrativo & Constitucional - Editora Fórumfalse |
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Can you bury ideology? An empirical analysis of the ideal points of the Ministers of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal |
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Can you bury ideology? An empirical analysis of the ideal points of the Ministers of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal |
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Can you bury ideology? An empirical analysis of the ideal points of the Ministers of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal Hudson, Alexander Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Ideology Judicial Behavior Direito Administrativo Direito Constitucional |
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Can you bury ideology? An empirical analysis of the ideal points of the Ministers of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal |
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Can you bury ideology? An empirical analysis of the ideal points of the Ministers of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal |
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Can you bury ideology? An empirical analysis of the ideal points of the Ministers of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal |
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Can you bury ideology? An empirical analysis of the ideal points of the Ministers of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal |
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Can you bury ideology? An empirical analysis of the ideal points of the Ministers of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal |
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Hudson, Alexander |
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Hudson, Alexander Hartmann, Ivar Alberto |
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Hartmann, Ivar Alberto |
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Hudson, Alexander Hartmann, Ivar Alberto |
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Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Ideology Judicial Behavior Direito Administrativo Direito Constitucional |
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Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Ideology Judicial Behavior Direito Administrativo Direito Constitucional |
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Brazil's Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) is an especially interesting case for scholars with an interest in judicial behavior. The justices of the STF rule in tens of thousands of cases per year, in a great variety of legal disputes. The ideological breakdown of the STF remains puzzling. Observers of the STF find that a single left-right dimension is entirely inadequate to describe the voting coalitions that form in the court. In this paper, we utilize a new dataset covering a representative sample of all cases decided by the STF between 1992 and 2013. The first important finding is that the voting patterns of the STF show that at least four dimensions are necessary to describe the justices' ideal points. We then estimate ideal points for 23 justices on each of four dimensions, and associate these dimensions with the dominant areas of law with which the STF deals. Finally, we seek to use these ideal point estimates to compare the votes of the justices in key cases with their broader voting pattern. |
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