This panel highlights works-in-progress by junior scholars using experimental methods to investigate core questions in law. Experimental methods have become increasingly important for testing theoretical claims, uncovering implicit assumptions in legal doctrine, and assessing how legal rules are understood by diverse audiences, including judges, jurors, and members of the public. By drawing on experimental methods, scholars in this panel generate empirical evidence that informs normative debates and enriches our understanding of how the law operates in practice. This panel also provides an opportunity for attendees to engage with the methodological innovations of a new generation of scholars whose work is advancing the empirical foundations of jurisprudence.
