Lower Courts, Judicial Officers, and Legitimacy

Sharyn Roach Anleu; Kathy Mack

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-52159-0_1

Lower Courts, Judicial Officers, and Legitimacy

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For Weber (and others), legitimacy of authority is established by institutional actors conforming to established rules and procedures (Weber 1947; 1978; Gerth and Wright Mills 1977). Legal rules are impersonal, and impartiality is a core judicial value, buttressed by norms of judicial detachment, restraint and passivity. Yet, applying legal rules and procedures requires judicial authority to be performed by a judicial officer. This performance can enhance or detract from legitimacy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Performing Judicial Authority in the Lower Courts
Editors	Sharyn Roach Anleu, Kathy Mack
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	1
Pages	1-14
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781137521590
ISBN (Print)	9781137521583
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52159-0_1
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Name	Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
ISSN (Print)	2947-9274
ISSN (Electronic)	2947-9282

Keywords

Everyday Work
Judicial Authority
Judicial Practice
Lower Court
Procedural Justice

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