Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe
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Resumo: | How do people respond to different decision-making processes in high courts? One long-standing view suggests that citizens expect courts to be neutral arbiters of legal controversies. Although the relevance of such “myth of legality” has been challenged, we know very little about the relationship between the portrayals of the motives of courts and justices and public attitudes in civil law countries. We explore this question in a pair of experiments in Norway and Portugal where we isolate the effects of different institutional frames from outcome favorability. We find that while partisan frames are detrimental to fairness perceptions and acceptance of decisions, depictions of judicial decision-making that emphasize policy goals do not adversely affect citizens’ responses in comparison with legalistic frames. The results suggest that, even in civil law systems, preserving the myth of legality may not be a necessary condition to elicit public support for judicial decisions. |
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Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europelaw and courtslaw and societypolitical psychologyexperimental researchHow do people respond to different decision-making processes in high courts? One long-standing view suggests that citizens expect courts to be neutral arbiters of legal controversies. Although the relevance of such “myth of legality” has been challenged, we know very little about the relationship between the portrayals of the motives of courts and justices and public attitudes in civil law countries. We explore this question in a pair of experiments in Norway and Portugal where we isolate the effects of different institutional frames from outcome favorability. We find that while partisan frames are detrimental to fairness perceptions and acceptance of decisions, depictions of judicial decision-making that emphasize policy goals do not adversely affect citizens’ responses in comparison with legalistic frames. The results suggest that, even in civil law systems, preserving the myth of legality may not be a necessary condition to elicit public support for judicial decisions.SageRepositório da Universidade de LisboaMagalhães, Pedro C.Skiple, Jon K.Pereira, Miguel MariaArnesen, SveinungBentsen, Henrik L.2023-12-18T15:45:08Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/61419engMagalhães, P. C., Skiple, J. K., Pereira, M. M., Arnesen, S., Bentsen, H. L. (2023). Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe. Comparative Political Studies, 56 (10), 1537-1566.10.1177/00104140231152769info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-25T01:18:05Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/61419Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:56:05.656776Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe |
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Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe |
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Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe Magalhães, Pedro C. law and courts law and society political psychology experimental research |
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Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe |
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Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe |
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Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe |
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Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe |
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Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe |
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Magalhães, Pedro C. |
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Magalhães, Pedro C. Skiple, Jon K. Pereira, Miguel Maria Arnesen, Sveinung Bentsen, Henrik L. |
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Skiple, Jon K. Pereira, Miguel Maria Arnesen, Sveinung Bentsen, Henrik L. |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Magalhães, Pedro C. Skiple, Jon K. Pereira, Miguel Maria Arnesen, Sveinung Bentsen, Henrik L. |
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law and courts law and society political psychology experimental research |
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law and courts law and society political psychology experimental research |
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How do people respond to different decision-making processes in high courts? One long-standing view suggests that citizens expect courts to be neutral arbiters of legal controversies. Although the relevance of such “myth of legality” has been challenged, we know very little about the relationship between the portrayals of the motives of courts and justices and public attitudes in civil law countries. We explore this question in a pair of experiments in Norway and Portugal where we isolate the effects of different institutional frames from outcome favorability. We find that while partisan frames are detrimental to fairness perceptions and acceptance of decisions, depictions of judicial decision-making that emphasize policy goals do not adversely affect citizens’ responses in comparison with legalistic frames. The results suggest that, even in civil law systems, preserving the myth of legality may not be a necessary condition to elicit public support for judicial decisions. |
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