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Cornell Law School
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Michael Heise 
Professor of Law
Working Papers
"Muslims and Religious Liberty in the Era of 9/11: Empirical Evidence from the Federal Courts", Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper (2011).
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"Religion, Schools, and Judicial Decision Making: An Empirical Perspective", Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-28 (2011).
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Contributions to Books
"Pass or Fail? Litigating High-Stakes Testing," in From Schoolhouse to Courthouse: The Judiciary's Role in American Education (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press; Joshua M. Dunn & Martin R. West, eds., 2009).
Articles
"The Gross Beast of Burden of Proof: Experimental Evidence on how the Burden of Proof Influences Employment Discrimination Case Outcomes" (with David Sherwyn), 42 Arizona State Law Journal 901-947 (2010).
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"The Decision to Award Punitive Damages: An Empirical Study" (with Theodore Eisenberg, Nicole L. Walters and Martin T. Wells), 2 Journal of Legal Analysis 577 ( 2010).
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"Why ADR Programs Aren’t More Appealing: An Empirical Perspective," 7 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 64 (2010).
"Variability in Punitive Damages: An Empirical Assessment of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker," (with Theodore Eisenberg, and Martin T. Wells) 166 Journal of Institutional & Theoretical Economics 5 (2010).
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Comment: "Comparing Comparisons: Comparative Law and Finance," 166 Journal of Insititutional and Theoretical Economics 141 (2010).
"Federal Criminal Appeals: An Empirical Perspective," 93 Marquette Law Review 825 (2009).
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"Plaintiphobia in State Court? An Empirical Study of State Court Trials on Appeal" (with Theodore Eisenberg), 38 Journal of Legal Studies 121 (2009).
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"Courting Trouble: Litigation, High-Stakes Testing, and Education Policy," 42 Indiana Law Review 327 (2009).
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"Judicial Decision-Making, Social Science Evidence, and Equal Educational Opportunity: Uneasy Relations and Uncertain Futures," 31 Seattle University Law Review 863 (2008).
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