Author: David B. RottmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Court administration
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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Public Perceptions of the State Courts
Author: David B. RottmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Court administration
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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These Estimable Courts
Author: Damon M. CannPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199307229
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
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In These Estimable Courts, Damon M. Cann and Jeff Yates explore how citizens feel about the government institutions at the front lines of jurisprudential policy-making in America - our nation's state and local courts. The book's central focus concerns a primary question of governance: why do people support and find legitimate the institutions that govern their lives? Cann and Yates evaluate the factors that drive citizens' support for their state and local courts and that influence peoples' perceptions of the proper role of these courts in our society, as well as how judicial policy-making should be made. A viable democracy depends upon citizen belief in the legitimacy of government institutions. Nowhere is this more evident than in judicial institutions. Courts depend heavily on a reservoir of public good will and institutional legitimacy to get their decrees obeyed by the public and implemented by other policy actors. It enables courts to weather the storm of counter-majoritarian decisions and remain effective governing bodies whose edicts are respected and followed. These Estimable Courts takes advantage of new original survey data to evaluate citizens' beliefs about the legitimacy of state courts as well as a number of important related concerns. These include peoples' views concerning how judges decide cases, the role of judges and courts in policy-making, the manner in which we select judges, and finally, the dynamics of citizens' views regarding compliance with the law and legal institutions.
PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF THE STATE COURTS
Author: Courtney Elizabeth BrosciousPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 181
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This dissertation examines two main questions. First, what are the sources of public trust in the state courts? Second, how do judicial elections condition citizens' perceptions of the courts? To examine these questions I consider theories of trust in the government. I argue that institutional performance affects citizens' trust in the state courts. I control for the effects of culture and trust in other institutions of government to isolate the effects of institutional performance. I argue that citizens' develop trust in the state courts based upon their perceptions about the ability of the courts to be responsive, impartial, and independent of the other branches of government. To verify these expectations, I examine historical data concerning judicial selection method reform and public opinion data collected by the Annenberg Public Policy Center in 2006. I test a path model that examines the effects of performance evaluations and institutional design on trust in the state courts. This model also examines the sources of citizens' evaluations of court performance. I find evidence supporting claims that court performance impacts trust in the courts. In particular, citizens' perceptions of the state courts as responsive, impartial, and independent of the other branches of government have meaningful impacts on trust in the courts. Additionally the analysis in this dissertation suggests that citizens' who reside in states with partisan judicial elections are slightly more supportive of the state courts than those who reside in appointment states. After establishing that institutional performance impacts citizens' trust in the state courts, I examine the sources of citizens' performance evaluations. I find that judicial selection method impacts citizens' performance evaluations of the courts. Specifically, partisan judicial elections decrease citizens' procedural support for the state courts. Those who reside in states with partisan judicial elections are less likely to agree that the courts follow the state constitution and state law. Interestingly, those who reside in merit selection states are more likely to agree that courts follow the state constitution and state law and, therefore, are more procedurally supportive of the state courts. Additionally, citizens' who reside in state with partisan judicial elections are more likely to perceive their courts as too mixed up in politics than those who reside in appointment states. Performance evaluations affect citizens' trust in the state courts. The positive effect of partisan judicial elections is mitigated by the negative effects these elections have on citizens' evaluations of court performance though not completely diminished. These results add to literature on trust in government by indicating that performance matters to trust and that institutional design meaningfully impacts how citizens' evaluate institutional performance.
Public Perceptions of Access to Justice
Author: Beatrice P. MonahanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
These Estimable Courts
Author: Damon M. CannPublisher:
ISBN: 9780190462468
Category : Court administration
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
'These Estimable Courts' uses original survey data to explore citizens' attitudes toward state courts. The book explores citizens' beliefs about the legitimacy of these courts as well as opinions about how judges decide cases, judicial policy-making, the selection of judges, and citizens' views regarding compliance with the law.
Open Judicial Politics
Author: Rorie Spill SolbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages :
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Public Perceptions of the United States Supreme Court
Author: William James DanielsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Creating the Law
Author: Michael K. RomanoPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429867867
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Written opinions are the primary means by which judges communicate with external actors. These sentiments include the parties to the case itself, but also more broadly journalists, public officials, lawyers, other judges, and increasingly, the mass public. In Creating the Law, Michael K. Romano and Todd A. Curry examine the extent to which judges tailor their language in order to avoid retribution during their retention, and how institutional variations involving intra-chamber dynamics may influence the written word of a legal opinion. Using an extensive dataset that includes the text of all death penalty and education decisions issued by state supreme courts from 1995–2010, Romano and Curry are the first to examine the connection between retention incentives and language choices. They utilize text analysis techniques developed in the field of communications and apply them to the text of judicial decisions. In doing so, they find that judges write with their audience in mind, and emphasize duelling strategies of justification and persuasion in order to please diverse audiences that may be paying attention. Furthermore, the process of drafting a majority opinion is a team exercise, and when more individuals are involved in its crafting, the product will reflect this complexity. This book gives students the tools for understanding how institutional variation affects judicial outcomes and shows how language relates to decision-making in the judiciary more specifically.
Public Perceptions of the United States Supreme Court
Author: William J. DanielsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public opinion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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State Courts, Options for the Future
Author: Victoria S. CashmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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