THE ROLE CONCEPT IN JUDICIAL RESEARCH

JAMES L. GIBSON

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9930.1981.tb00248.x

THE ROLE CONCEPT IN JUDICIAL RESEARCH

JAMES L. GIBSON

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This article addresses the state of research which uses role concepts to explain the process of making decisions in legal institutions. After identifying several important limitations of previous research, a new scale—measuring normative orientations toward discretion—is proposed. The results of administering this scale to samples of Iowa and California judges suggest that the measure is fairly reliable, and an argument is made in favor of its validity. The article concludes with some observations on the importance of measurement in research on the legal process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	291-311
Number of pages	21
Journal	Law and Policy
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9930.1981.tb00248.x
State	Published - Jul 1981

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