Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
校友关系与司法偏见
Alumni relationships and judicial bias
摘要
We examine whether law school alumni relationships between lawyers and judges are correlated with case outcomes. We show that, in the context of medical malpractice lawsuits filed in Florida, having a plaintiff's attorney who attended the same law school as a randomly assigned judge increases the chances of recovery by about 2 percentage points. We further show that the effect is more pronounced between lawyers and judges with a larger age gap, consistent with an age‐dependent effect. Our results suggest that case outcomes can be biased when lawyers and judges are part of the same affinity group.
中文摘要
我们考察了律师与法官之间的法学院校友关系是否与案件结果相关。我们表明，在佛罗里达州提起的医疗事故诉讼背景下，原告律师与随机分配的法官毕业于同一所法学院，会使获得赔偿的可能性增加约2个百分点。我们进一步显示，这种效应在年龄差距较大的律师与法官之间更为显著，这与年龄依赖效应相符。我们的结果表明，当律师和法官属于同一亲和群体时，案件结果可能产生偏差。