Article
Does Being a Foreigner Shape Judicial Behavior? Evidence from the Constitutional Court of Andorra, 1993-2016
Journal of Institutional Economics
(2018)
Abstract
Different personal attributes have been considered to understand judicial policy preferences around the world: ideology, age, gender, race, religion, language and professional background. Appointment of foreign judges is a particularly rare characteristic since most countries do not entertain such possibility. We use the specific case of the Constitutional Court of Andorra to test the extent to which foreign appointed judges make a difference, particularly if they are more or less inclined to favor local petitioners. The empirical analysis of the entire population of abstract review cases in the period 1993-2016 does not indicate a strong statistical effect.
Keywords
- judicial behavior,
- constitutional review,
- empirical analysis,
- foreign appointments,
- small states
Disciplines
- Law,
- Constitutional Law and
- Courts
Publication Date
2018
Citation Information
Nuno Garoupa. "Does Being a Foreigner Shape Judicial Behavior? Evidence from the Constitutional Court of Andorra, 1993-2016" Journal of Institutional Economics Vol. 14 Iss. 1 (2018) p. 181 - 195 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nunogaroupa/124/