Trust in the European Judicial Systems:
Impartiality and Accountability


• In Event: CWC: Public Support for Comparative Judicial Institutions

Brief Overview

Employing survey data measuring trust in the European judicial systems, we examine the notion that “judicial independence” has two different components, with contrasting effects: impartiality in judicial decision-making and bureaucratic insulation.

Authors

• Nuno Garoupa, George Mason University

• Pedro Coutinho Magalhaes, Institute of Social Sciences-University of Lisbon