Experts Judging Experts: The Role of Expertise in Reviewing Agency Decision Making

Banks Miller; Brett Curry

doi:10.1111/j.1747-4469.2012.01296.x

Experts Judging Experts: The Role of Expertise in Reviewing Agency Decision Making

Banks Miller
, Brett Curry

Political Science & International Studies

University of Texas at Dallas

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Abstract

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.

Original language	American English
Journal	Law & Social Inquiry
Volume	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4469.2012.01296.x
State	Published - Dec 27 2018

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American Politics
Political Science
Social and Behavioral Sciences

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