Media Influence on Courts: Evidence from Civil Case Adjudication

IF 1 3区 社会学 Q3 ECONOMICS
C. Lim
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Abstract

This paper quantitatively assesses media influence on civil case adjudication in U.S. state courts. It shows that media influence substantially mitigates disparity in damage awards across political orientation of districts. That is, in areas with frequent newspaper coverage of courts, there is little difference in damage awards between conservative and liberal districts. In contrast, in areas with little newspaper coverage, liberal districts tend to grant substantially larger damage awards than do conservative ones. This result suggests that the presence of active media coverage may enhance consistency in the civil justice system.
媒体对法院的影响:来自民事案件裁决的证据
本文定量地评估了媒体对美国州法院民事案件裁决的影响。它表明,媒体的影响大大减轻了不同政治取向地区损害赔偿的差异。也就是说,在报纸经常报道法院的地区,保守地区和自由地区之间的损害赔偿几乎没有区别。相比之下,在报纸报道较少的地区,自由选区往往比保守选区给予更大的损害赔偿。这一结果表明,积极的媒体报道可能会增强民事司法制度的一致性。
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期刊介绍: The rise of the field of law and economics has been extremely rapid over the last 25 years. Among important developments of the 1990s has been the founding of the American Law and Economics Association. The creation and rapid expansion of the ALEA and the creation of parallel associations in Europe, Latin America, and Canada attest to the growing acceptance of the economic perspective on law by judges, practitioners, and policy-makers.
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