Is the Judge or the Clerk Making the Decision? Measuring the Influence of Judicial Assistants via an Experimental Survey among Dutch District Court Judges
Today, law clerks and judicial assistants have an important position in the judicial decision making process. Yet, the legitimacy of their role is regularly questioned. In the discussion on the legitimacy, it is widely assumed that judicial assistants are actively involved in adjudication and influence the outcome of judicial decisions. However, there is still little empirical evidence to substantiate these assumptions. This article contributes to the knowledge regarding the role of judicial assistants in adjudication. It does so by means of conducting an experimental survey among Dutch admini... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
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International Association for Court Administration
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Schlagwörter: | Socio-Legal Studies / Judicial decision making / judicial assistants / law clerks / influence / empirical research |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28585426 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://www.iacajournal.org/jms/article/view/358 |