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

Presenters/Authors

Banks Miller, University of Texas at DallasFollow
Brett W. Curry, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Presentation Date

1-6-2010

Abstract or Description

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association

What role does judicial subject matter expertise play in the review of agency decisions? Is the role of judicial expertise moderated significantly by the expertise of the agency whose decision is under review? 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 these questions and find that greater subject matter expertise does make it more likely that a judge will vote to reverse an agency decision.

Additional Information

Link to Abstract: https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/spsa/spsa10/index.php?click_key=1&PHPSESSID=6efg5n0rionok1grjc9ot12vc7

Sponsorship/Conference/Institution

Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association

Location

Atlanta, GA

Recommended Citation

Miller, Banks, Brett W. Curry. 2010. "Experts Judging Experts: The Role of Expertise in Reviewing Agency Decision Making." Department of Political Science and International Studies Faculty Presentations. Presentation 253.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/poli-sci-facpres/253