Perceptions about Related Institutions and the Legitimacy of Trial Courts: Evidence from a Survey Experiment

• In Event: When the Public Judges the Judges: Public Views and Understanding of Judicial Review

Brief Overview

Can state trial courts promote their own legitimacy? I describe a survey experiment to examine the relative importance of information about trial courts and about related, legal institutions to citizens' determinations of a trial court's legitimacy.

Author

• Sean Michael Craig, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus