Browsing Department of Comparative Politics by Author "Grendstad, Gunnar"
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Er geografisk representasjon i Høyesterett viktig? Holdninger blant befolkning og eliter i sentrum og periferien av Norge
Skiple, Jon Kåre; Misje, Ingvild; Grendstad, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Mens statens retningslinjer slår fast at høyesterettsdommere skal ha gode faglige kvalifikasjoner, sier representasjonsteorien at dommerne bør speile befolkningen for å gi domstolen og dens avgjørelser legitimitet. Vi ... -
From Backlogs to Quality Assurance. The Development of Law Clerk Units at Norwegian Courts
Grendstad, Gunnar; Shaffer, William R.; Sunde, Jørn Øyrehagen; Waltenburg, Eric N. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) approves the role of law clerks assisting judges in their decision making but cautions against clerks replacing judges. In this article we put CCJE’s caution to a test and ... -
A High Court Plays the Accordion: Validating Ex Ante Case Complexity on Oral Arguments
Bentsen, Henrik Litleré; Grendstad, Gunnar; Shaffer, William R.; Waltenburg, Eric N. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)While high courts with fixed time for oral arguments deprive researchers of the opportunity to extract temporal variance, courts that apply the “accordion model” institutional design and adjust the time for oral arguments ... -
The Impact of Female Leadership in Collegial Courts on Time to Render Merits Decisions: Evidence from the Norwegian Supreme Court
Nie, Mintao; Grendstad, Gunnar; Waltenburg, Eric N.; Shaffer, William R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)What is the effect of gender on the deliberative process of judging? Drawing on previous research on female leaders’ inclination to foster a more inclusive and collaborative decision-making process, we argue that decision ... -
Innen rimelig tid. Sakskompleksitet og saksbehandlingstid i straffesaker i lagmannsrettene
Bentsen, Henrik Litleré; Skiple, Jon Kåre; Deichman-Sørensen, Marte Birkeland; Grendstad, Gunnar; Langford, Malcolm (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Mens undersøkelser viser at lagmannsrettene ikke innfrir Stortingets måltall om tre måneders gjennomsnittlig saksbehandlingstid i straffesaker, mangler vi fortsatt kunnskap om årsakene til overskridelsene. I denne artikkelen ... -
Institutions that Define the Policy-Making Role of Courts: A Comparative Analysis of the Supreme Courts of Scandinavia
Ghavanini, Anna Wallermann; Grendstad, Gunnar; Karlsson Schaffer, Johan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Scandinavian supreme courts have been described as deferential to the elected branches of government and reluctant to exercise their limited review powers. However, in recent years these courts have increasingly decided ... -
Supreme Court Justices’ Economic Behaviour: A Multilevel Model Analysis
Skiple, Jon Kåre; Grendstad, Gunnar; Shaffer, William R. ; Waltenburg, Eric N. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03)Supreme Court justices are overlooked, but important, national policy-making players who render final and consequential decisions in cases on economic conflicts. The research question asks what forces explain the decisional ... -
Tilfeldighetsprinsippet i Norges Høyesterett: Fordelingen av saker mellom dommere og fordelingen av dommere på avdeling. En empirisk undersøkelse
Grendstad, Gunnar; Skiple, Jon Kåre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)I hvilken grad etterlever Norges Høyesterett sitt eget «tilfeldighetsprinsipp» som domstolen sier den praktiserer? Et tilfeldighetsprinsipp er en viktig prosedyre som skal sikre at tildelingen av saker til dommere og ...