Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

Publications

• The Psychology of Persuasive Precedent
  87 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 53 (2024) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2024
• Nudges, Defaults, and the Problem of Constructed Preferences
  72 DUKE L.J. 1731 (2023) · Duke Law Journal · 2023
• Benevolent Sexism in Judges
  58 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 101 (2021) · San Diego Law Review · 2021

• Gains, Losses, and Judges: Framing and the Judiciary
  94 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 521 (2019) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2019
• Judicial Politics and Decisionmaking: A New Approach
  70 VAND. L. REV. 2051 (2017) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2017
• The Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy: Celebrating 25 Years
  25 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL'Y 755 (2016) · Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy · 2016
• Do Lawyers Matter? The Effect of Legal Representation in Civil Disputes
  43 PEPP. L. REV. 881 (2016) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2016
• Can Judges Make Reliable Numeric Judgments? Distorted Damages and Skewed Sentences
  90 IND. L.J. (2015) · Indiana Law Journal · 2015
• Processing Pleadings and the Psychology of Prejudgments
  60 DEPAUL L. REV. 413 (2014) · DePaul Law Review · 2014
• Contrition in the Courtroom: Do Apologies Affect Adjudication
  98 CORNELL L. REV. 1189 (2013) · Cornell Law Review · 2013
• Evidence-Based Law
  96 CORNELL L. REV. 901 (2011) · Cornell Law Review · 2011
• Why Heightened Pleading-Why Now?
  114 DICK. L. REV. 1247 (2010) · Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003) · 2010
• Why Heightened Pleading—Why Now?
  114 PENN ST. L. REV. 1247 (2010) · Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present) · 2010
• Implicit Bias, Election '08, and the Myth of a Post-Racial America
  37 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2010) · Florida State University Law Review · 2010

• The “Hidden Judiciary”: An Empirical Examination of Executive Branch Justice
  58 DUKE L.J. 1477 (2009) · Duke Law Journal · 2009
• Does Unconscious Racial Bias Affect Trial Judges
  84 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1195 (2009) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2009
• Heuristics, Biases, and Philosophy
  43 TULSA L. REV. 865 (2008) · Tulsa Law Review · 2008
• Blinking on the Bench: How Judges Decide Cases
  93 CORNELL L. REV. 1 (2007) · Cornell Law Review · 2007
• Cognitive Errors, Individual Differences, and Paternalism
  73 U. CHI. L. REV. (2006) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2006
• Bottom-up versus Top-down Lawmaking
  73 U. CHI. L. REV. (2006) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2006
• Insurers, Illusions of Judgment & Litigation
  59 VAND. L. REV. 2015 (2006) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2006
• Can Judges Ignore Inadmissible Information - The Difficulty of Deliberately Disregarding
  153 U. PENN. L. REV. 1251 (2005) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 2005
• The Cognitive Components of Punishment
  88 CORNELL L. REV. 457 (2003) · Cornell Law Review · 2003
• Cognitive Psychology and Optimal Government Design
  87 CORNELL L. REV. 549 (2002) · Cornell Law Review · 2002
• Foreword: Post-Public Choice
  87 CORNELL L. REV. 267 (2002) · Cornell Law Review · 2002
• Inside the Judicial Mind
  86 CORNELL L. REV. 777 (2001) · Cornell Law Review · 2001
• New Law and Psychology: A Reply to Critics, Skeptics, and Cautious Supporters
  85 CORNELL L. REV. 739 (2000) · Cornell Law Review · 2000
• Product-Related Risk and Cognitive Biases: The Shortcomings of Enterprise Liability
  6 ROGER WILLLIAMS U. L. REV. (2000) · Roger Williams University Law Review · 2000

• The Limits of Social Norms
  74 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 1537 (1999) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1999
• Protecting Endangered Species without Regulating Private Landowners: The Case of Endangered Plants
  8 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL'Y (1998) · Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy · 1998
• A Positive Psychological Theory of Judging in Hindsight
  65 U. CHI. L. REV. (1998) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1998
• Remedies and the Psychology of Ownership
  51 VAND. L. REV. 1541 (1998) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1998
• Noah by the Numbers: An Empirical Evaluation of the Endangered Species Act
  82 CORNELL L. REV. 356 (1997) · Cornell Law Review · 1997
• Introduction - Juries: Arbiters or Arbitrary
  7 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL'Y (1997) · Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy · 1997