An Argument for Bayesian Approaches

In a recent paper, Should Legal Empiricists Go Bayesian?, Jeff Strnad (Stanford) makes a case for Bayesian (rather than frequentist) approaches that should interest Bayesians as well as non-Bayesians.  Jeff makes the particular point that Bayesian models can "enable a much more natural connection between the normative or positive issues that typically motivate such studies and the empirical results." He concludes that Bayesian methods "have much to offer legal empiricists." Despite the paper's "heft" (108 manu pp.--you've been forewarned), it is well worth a read.