Shadow of the law

The shadow of the law refers to settling cases or making plea bargains in a way that takes into account what would happen at trial. It has been argued that criminal trials resolve such a small percentage of criminal cases "that their shadows are faint and hard to discern."[1]

The phrase was coined by law professors Robert H. Mnookin and Lewis Kornhauser, and was popularized by them in a 1979 law review article; it has since become common in sociolegal literature.[2][3]

References

Stephanos Bibas (July 2004). "Plea Bargaining outside the Shadow of Trial". Harvard Law Review. 117 (8): 2463–2547.
Robert H. Mnookin and Lewis Kornhauser, "Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce", Yale Law Journal, Vol. 88, No. 5, Dispute Resolution (Apr. 1979), pp. 950–997.
Chen, Ming Hsu (2018). "Regulatory Rights: Civil Rights Agencies, Courts, and the Entrenchment of Language Rights". In Dodd, Lynda G. (ed.). The Rights Revolution Revisited: Institutional Perspectives on the Private Enforcement of Civil Rights in the U.S. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 100–122. ISBN 9781316730713. Retrieved 2 January 2021. See fn. 41 at p. 110.

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[1] Stephanos Bibas (July 2004). "Plea Bargaining outside the Shadow of Trial". Harvard Law Review. 117 (8): 2463–2547.

[2] Robert H. Mnookin and Lewis Kornhauser, "Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce", Yale Law Journal, Vol. 88, No. 5, Dispute Resolution (Apr. 1979), pp. 950–997.

[Chen_Page_110-3] Chen, Ming Hsu (2018). "Regulatory Rights: Civil Rights Agencies, Courts, and the Entrenchment of Language Rights". In Dodd, Lynda G. (ed.). The Rights Revolution Revisited: Institutional Perspectives on the Private Enforcement of Civil Rights in the U.S. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 100–122. ISBN 9781316730713. Retrieved 2 January 2021. See fn. 41 at p. 110.