TY - JOUR
T1 - Experts Judging Experts
T2 - The Role of Expertise in Reviewing Agency Decision Making
AU - Miller, Banks
AU - Curry, Brett
PY - 2018/12/27
Y1 - 2018/12/27
N2 - What role does judicial subject matter expertise play in the review of agency decisions? 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 this question and find that greater subject matter expertise does make it more likely that a judge will vote to reverse an agency decision.
AB - What role does judicial subject matter expertise play in the review of agency decisions? 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 this question and find that greater subject matter expertise does make it more likely that a judge will vote to reverse an agency decision.
UR - https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/poli-sci-facpubs/125
UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/law-and-social-inquiry/article/experts-judging-experts-the-role-of-expertise-in-reviewing-agency-decision-making/A62294016A0B11A7E34FD4A469F1E2AD
U2 - 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2012.01296.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2012.01296.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1545-696X
VL - 38
JO - Law & Social Inquiry
JF - Law & Social Inquiry
ER -