Abstract
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association
What role does judicial subject matter expertise play in the review of agency decisions? Is the role of judicial expertise moderated significantly by the expertise of the agency whose decision is under review? Using a data set of decisions in which the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) is reviewed by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit we investigate these questions and find that greater subject matter expertise does make it more likely that a judge will vote to reverse an agency decision.
| Original language | American English |
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| State | Published - Jan 6 2010 |
| Event | Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association - Duration: Jan 7 2016 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association |
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| Period | 01/7/16 → … |
Disciplines
- Political Science
- Social and Behavioral Sciences