Full Name	Fischman, Joshua B.
University/Affiliation	University of Virginia School of Law
Title	Professor of Law; Director, Center for Public Law and Political Economy
Status	Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty
Professor Type	Doctrinal
ORCID ID	0000-0001-8912-7662
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What is Judicial Ideology, and How Should We Measure It [article]

Empirical Research on Decision-Making in the Federal Courts

Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, Vol. 29, Issue 1 (2009), pp. 133-214

Fischman, Joshua B. (Cited 212 times); Law, David S. (Cited 1207 times)

29 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol'y 133 (2009)

PathFinder Subjects: Courts; Intellectual Property Law; Judges

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Racial Disparities under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: The Role of Judicial Discretion and Mandatory Minimums [article]

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 9, Issue 4 (December 2012), pp. 729-764

Fischman, Joshua B. (Cited 212 times); Schanzenbach, Max M. (Cited 645 times)

9 J. Empirical Legal Stud. 729 (2012)

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Reuniting Is and Ought in Empirical Legal Scholarship [article]

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 162, Issue 1 (December 2013), pp. 117-168

Fischman, Joshua B. (Cited 212 times)

162 U. Pa. L. Rev. 117 (2013-2014)

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The Second Dimension of the Supreme Court [article]

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 57, Issue 5 (April 2015), pp. 1671-1716

Fischman, Joshua B. (Cited 212 times); Jacobi, Tonja (Cited 656 times)

57 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1671 (2015-2016)

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Do Standards of Review Matter - The Case of Federal Criminal Sentencing [article]

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 40, Issue 2 (June 2011), pp. 405-438

Fischman, Joshua B. (Cited 212 times); Schanzenbach, Max M. (Cited 645 times)

40 J. Legal Stud. 405 (2011)

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Estimating Preferences of Circuit Judges: A Model of Consensus Voting [article]

Journal of Law & Economics, Vol. 54, Issue 4 - Part 1 (November 2011), pp. 781-810

Fischman, Joshua B. (Cited 212 times)

54 J.L. & Econ. 781 (2011)

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Measuring Inconsistency, Indeterminacy, and Error in Adjudication [article]

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 16, Issue 1 (2014), pp. 40-85

Fischman, Joshua B. (Cited 212 times)

16 Am. L. & Econ. Rev. 40 (2014)

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Interpreting Circuit Court Voting Patterns: A Social Interactions Framework [article]

Symposium on 25 Years of Law and Positive Political Theory

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 31, Issue 4 (November 2015), pp. 808-842

Fischman, Joshua B. (Cited 212 times)

31 J. L. Econ. & Org. 808 (2015)

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Politics and Authority in the U.S. Supreme Court [article]

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 104, Issue 6 (September 2019), pp. 1513-1592

Fischman, Joshua B. (Cited 212 times)

104 Cornell L. Rev. 1513 (2018-2019)

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Do the Justices Vote like Policy Makers - Evidence from Scaling the Supreme Court with Interest Groups [article]

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 44, Supplement 1 (January 2015), pp. S269-S294

Fischman, Joshua B. (Cited 212 times)

44 J. Legal Stud. S269 (2015)

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The Economic Perspective on Sentencing [article]

Essays & Articles

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, Vol. 46, Issue 2 (Winter 2014), pp. 345-368

Fischman, Joshua B. (Cited 212 times)

46 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 345 (2014-2015)

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