Gender Stereotypes and the Perception of Court Decisions: Experimental Evidence from Japan

• In Event: The Public, Legitimacy, and Comparative Courts

Brief Overview

By conducting online survey experiments in Japan, we examine whether the judge’s gender affects the public perception of court decisions. We show that female judges are perceived fairer than male judges, which is contrary to the results from the US.

Authors

• Hatsuru Morita, Tohoku University

• Yoshikuni Ono, Waseda University