Internal and External Determinants of Court Performance

Download or read book Internal and External Determinants of Court Performance written by MARIA ROSARIA PAPPALARDO and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The judicial system plays a crucial role in the modern economy as it stimulates investments, enhances company productivity, and facilitates exchanges. An advanced and functional judicial system should be efficient, resolving disputes in a reasonable time; effective, providing quality and accurate judgments; and independent, collectively defining court performance. The recent literature has shown a growing interest in measuring court performance and empirically testing its influencing factors. However, this literature appears to be fragmented and conflicting due to the interchangeable use of terms like "court efficiency" and "court effectiveness" when proxying court performance, as well as inconsistent empirical results obtained in different contexts. To address this issue, this paper provides an updated literature review on the main determinants of court performance between 2000 and 2022. By using the Economics and Management categories on the Web of Science database, 493 studies were drawn, reviewed, and synthesized. Through an in-depth analysis, three types of determinants have been identified: determinants within the court, determinants outside the court, and country-level determinants. Finally, five stylized facts have been summarized to highlight the main conclusions of this paper.