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Public trust in the European legal systems: independence, accountability and awareness
- Source :
- Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- Two findings stand out in the literature on public attitudes vis- a-vis courts. The first is that judicial independence increases public trust. The second is that ‘to know courts is to love them’. In this study, these stylised facts are used as a starting point to ask three questions. First, is there also a role for judicial accountability in fostering public trust, above and beyond that played by independence? Second, could it be that only the most aware citizens are sensitive to such properties of the judicial system? Third, is the notion that ‘to know courts is to love them’ limited to systems with high levels of judicial independence and accountability? Using recently available macro-level indicators of judicial independence and accountability and the high-quality survey data collected by the European Social Survey in 32 countries throughout more than a decade, this study provides evidence that the answers to these questions are positive.
- Subjects :
- 021110 strategic, defence & security studies
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05 social sciences
0211 other engineering and technologies
02 engineering and technology
Judicial independence
Awareness
Independence
0506 political science
Law
Political science
Political Science and International Relations
Accountability
050602 political science & public administration
Public trust
Trust in courts
Judicial accountability
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Details
- ISSN :
- 17439655 and 01402382
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- West European Politics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....30f0bf4bd069ef868a95aca1037eb745