The constitutional political economy assumption that judges invariably act self-interestedly is falsified by empirical judicial behavior studies showing deference to principle over interest.
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Self-interested(describing the assumption about judges' motivations)
Acting primarily to benefit yourself rather than considering what's good for others or what's morally right.
constitutional political economy(Distinguished from the policy analysis strand of economic analysis of law)
A strand of political economy with normative aims that assumes political actors act self-interestedly within existing institutions but that agents act more impartially when designing the political institutions within which they will work.