Jeffrey Lax
Biographic Data
| ID | 4159211 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey Lax |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Lax |
| SIGNATURE | LAX J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Bridging the Gap
Certiorari and compliance in the judicial hierarchy
I develop a formal model of the interaction between auditing by the Supreme Court (certiorari) and compliance by the lower courts, presenting three challenges to the existing literature. First, I show that even discretionary certiorari (the Court can choose which cases to hear) only goes so far in inducing compliance. Second, the literature often treats the Court as a unitary actor, ignoring the Rule of Four (only four votes are needed to grant c…
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Certiorari and compliance in the judicial hierarchy
I develop a formal model of the interaction between auditing by the Supreme Court (certiorari) and compliance by the lower courts, presenting three challenges to the existing literature. First, I show that even discretionary certiorari (the Court can choose which cases to hear) only goes so far in inducing compliance. Second, the literature often treats the Court as a unitary actor, ignoring the Rule of Four (only four votes are needed to grant c…
Bridging the Gap
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work) · Bridging (networking (1 work) · Certiorari (1 work) · Discretion (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Government (linguistics (1 work) · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (1 work) · Interrogation (1 work) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (1 work) · Law (1 work)