Judicial decision-making from an empirical perspective

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Judicial decision-making from an empirical perspective
In the Journal:
Baltic journal of law & politics. 2013, Vol. 6, Nr. 1, p. 140-162
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Intuityvus sprendimų priėmimas; Loginis sprendimų priėmimas; Teisinis formalizmas; Teisinis realizmas; Teisinis sprendimas; Teisminis sprendimų priėmimas; Teismų sprendimų priėmimas, teisinis realizmas, euristika, šališkumas, intuityvus sprendimų priėmimas, ekspertinis teismo sprendimas; Teisėjai; Teisėjavimo teorijos; Expert judgment; Intuitive decision; Judges; Judicial decision-making; Judicial decision-making, legal realism, heuristics, biases, intuitive decision-making,; Legal formalism; Legal realism; Logical decision-making; Theories of judging.

ENThe traditional theories of judicial decision-making have their differences set around the importance of logical, rule-bound, and step-by-step reasoning. For legal formalists, judicial decision-making is predominantly a logical and rule-bound process, and ideally it is a product of syllogistic reasoning. For original legal realists and their contemporary counterparts, judicial decision-making is rarely a logical, step-by-step, and rule-bound process; more often than not, it is better epitomized by intuitive decisions. For a long time this question remained open. The purpose of this article is accordingly twofold. First, by relying on empirical research on decision-making, we argue that logical and rule-bound judicial decision-making, although possible in theory, is highly unlikely in practice. Second, by relying on indirect empirical evidence, we show that judges are very likely to possess unexceptional decision-making skills even when it comes to aspects of decision-making that have not been specifically tested on judges. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.2478/bjlp-2013-0007
ISSN:
2029-0454
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