Mining Legal Arguments to Study Judicial Formalism

Name: Mining Legal Arguments to Study Judicial Formalism
Uploaded: 2026-08-20T16:58:45.670572+00:00
Duration: 568 s
Description: The hosts discuss 'Mining Legal Arguments to Study Judicial Formalism,' a paper using machine learning to analyze court decisions from Czech courts. The study challenges the long-held view that Central European judges are overly formalistic, finding evidence that judges use case law and purposive reasoning more often than literal text.

The hosts discuss 'Mining Legal Arguments to Study Judicial Formalism,' a paper using machine learning to analyze court decisions from Czech courts. The study challenges the long-held view that Central European judges are overly formalistic, finding evidence that judges use case law and purposive reasoning more often than literal text.

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