Reuniting 'Is' and 'Ought' in Empirical Legal Scholarship

Abstract

INTRODUCTION 118 I. RELATING THE MEASURABLE TO THE GOOD 123 A. Normative Metrics 123 B. Medical Research 124 C. Economics 126 D. Empirical Legal Scholarship 127 II. JUDICIAL CITATION COUNTS 130 III. REVERSAL RATES 139 IV. MEASURING THE RULE OF LAW: STUDIES OF INTERJUDGE DISPARITY 146 A. The Normative Implications of Disparity 148 B. Consistency, Predictability, and Comparative Justice 149 C. Determinacy and Correctness 151 D. Conclusion 153 V. BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ‘IS’ AND ‘OUGHT’ 154

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