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The Truth-Justice Tradeoff: Perceptions Of Decisional Accuracy And Procedural Justice In Adversarial And Inquisitorial Legal Systems, Justin Sevier May 2014

The Truth-Justice Tradeoff: Perceptions Of Decisional Accuracy And Procedural Justice In Adversarial And Inquisitorial Legal Systems, Justin Sevier

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Two studies provide empirical support for Thibaut and Walker’s (1978) theory that inquisitorial and adversarial dispute resolution systems are associated with different psychological values: the pursuit of truth and the pursuit of justice. Study 1 suggests that, in civil and criminal disputes, the adversarial system is perceived to produce less truth than it does justice, and less truth than does the inquisitorial system. Conversely, the inquisitorial system is perceived to produce less justice than it does truth, and less justice than does the adversarial system. Study 2 examines how legal outcomes moderate litigants’ perceptions of the truth and justice produced …


How Do The Courts Create Popular Legitmacy?: The Role Of Establishing The Truth, Punishing Justly, And/Or Acting Through Just Procedures, Justin Sevier, Tom R. Tyler Jan 2014

How Do The Courts Create Popular Legitmacy?: The Role Of Establishing The Truth, Punishing Justly, And/Or Acting Through Just Procedures, Justin Sevier, Tom R. Tyler

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