How Judges Judge - 9780367086244

Name: How Judges Judge - 9780367086244
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

How Judges JudgeEmpirical Insights into Judicial Decision-Making\nAuthor(s): Brian M. Barry\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367086244, 978-0367086244\nSynopsis\nA judges role is to make decisions. This book is about how judges undertake this task. It is about forces on the judicial role and their consequences, about empirical research from a variety of academic disciplines that observes and verifies how factors can affect how judges judge.\n\nOn the one hand, judges decide by interpreting and applying the law, but much more affects judicial decision-making: psychological effects, group dynamics, numerical reasoning, biases, court processes, influences from political and other institutions, and technological advancement. All can have a bearing on judicial outcomes. In How Judges Judge: Empirical Insights into Judicial Decision-Making, Brian M. Barry explores how these factors, beyond the law, affect judges in the.