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Selected Works of Nuno Garoupa
Article
Ideology and Career Judges: Reviewing Labor Law in the Spanish Supreme Court
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (2022)
  • Nuno Garoupa, George Mason University
  • Fernando Gómez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Adrian Segura Moreiras, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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Abstract
Conventional literature presents civil-law judiciaries as insulated from political preferences. We investigate labor law appeals in the Spanish Supreme Court for the period 2010-2020. Our findings show that ideology (proxied by conservative/progressive affiliation) is a good predictor of a pro-employee/pro-employer outcome. Specifically, the results detect a pattern of behavior by justices-rapporteurs: conservative rapporteurs are more likely to be pro-employer while progressive rapporteurs are more likely to be pro-employee. These findings confirm previous empirical studies about decisions by the Spanish Supreme Court in other areas of law and challenge the conventional literature.
Keywords
  • judicial behavior,
  • empirical legal studies,
  • labor law,
  • Spanish Supreme Court,
  • justice rapporteur,
  • ideology.
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Publication Date
2022
Citation Information
Nuno Garoupa, Fernando Gómez and Adrian Segura Moreiras. "Ideology and Career Judges: Reviewing Labor Law in the Spanish Supreme Court" Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (2022)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nunogaroupa/202/