Deciding Together

21 Pages Posted: 29 Sep 2013 Last revised: 9 Oct 2013

Date Written: October 2013

Abstract

What protocol should participants in a collective decision making institution follow? Analysts often implicitly assume that each participant should decide as if she were deciding alone. This essay argues that, in many institutional contexts, the normatively appropriate protocol for deciding together differs from the protocol of deciding alone. The argument is developed through the analysis of two prominent collective decision institutions: the jury and the appellate court.

Keywords: collective decision making, judgment aggregation, appellate courts, juries, legislatures

JEL Classification: D70, K40

Suggested Citation

Kornhauser, Lewis A., Deciding Together (October 2013). NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-65, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 13-37, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2332236 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2332236

Lewis A. Kornhauser (Contact Author)

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