Language and the use of law are predictive of judge gender and seniority

Abstract There are examples of how unconscious bias can influence actions of people. In the judiciary, however, despite some examples there is no general theory on whether different demographic attributes such as gender, seniority or ethnicity affect case sentencing. We aim to gain insight into this...

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Main Authors: Lluc Font-Pomarol, Angelo Piga, Sergio Nasarre-Aznar, Marta Sales-Pardo, Roger Guimerà
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-09-01
Series:EPJ Data Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-024-00494-x