Interrupted paper trails. Analyzing decision making on the Norwegian Supreme Court

Social science analyses of judicial decision making on the Norwegian Supreme Court started with a small exploratory analysis in 2007-2008. In that study, researchers compiled a data file consisting of fifteen justices casting a total of 163 votes in eleven non-unanimous plenary decisions on constitutional issues between 2000 and 2007. Today, the judicial behavior research project maintains a relational database that includes more than 17,000 decisions and more than 70,000 justices’ votes, as well as a text database covering the full range of Supreme Court decisions since 1945.