Judicial Performance and Trust in Legal Systems: Findings from a Decade of Surveys in over 20 European Countries.

Objective: Determining the existence of a relationship between judicial performance and citizens' trust in the legal system. Method: Cross‐classified multilevel models, using data from more than 20 European countries, 80 surveys, and 100,000 respondents, over a decade. Results: The longer the time t...

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Publicado en:Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 101; no. 5; pp. 1743 - 1761
Autores principales: Magalhães, Pedro C., Garoupa, Nuno
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2020
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Sumario:Objective: Determining the existence of a relationship between judicial performance and citizens' trust in the legal system. Method: Cross‐classified multilevel models, using data from more than 20 European countries, 80 surveys, and 100,000 respondents, over a decade. Results: The longer the time that lower courts take, on average, to dispose of pending cases, the lower is the public's trust in their legal system. Conclusion: Judicial performance, operationalized as the ability of courts to avoid delays in the delivery of justice, is a significant correlate of citizens' evaluations of their country's legal system.