"How exactly is it done here?" Conducting cross-jurisdictional research with judges and court staff
The legal, political, and organizational environment in which judges and court staff work affects their performance in significant ways. To ensure that researchers control for these effects, it is critical that they take sufficient time in the research design phase to identify relevant factors that...
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| description | The legal, political, and organizational environment in which judges and court staff work affects their performance in significant ways. To ensure that researchers control for these effects, it is critical that they take sufficient time in the research design phase to identify relevant factors that might complicate their analyses or distort the interpretation of research findings. This article highlights common challenges of multijurisdictional research, including inconsistent use of terminology, differing organizational structures and procedures, and exogenous factors such as court governance, policymaking authority, funding, and local court culture. It also offers guidance to researchers on identifying and integrating these factors into their analyses to enhance the validity and utility of research findings.
El entorno legal, político y organizativo en el que trabajan los jueces y el personal de los tribunales afecta a su desempeño de manera significativa. Para garantizar que los investigadores controlen estos efectos, es fundamental que dediquen tiempo suficiente en la fase de diseño de la investigación a identificar los factores relevantes que podrían complicar sus análisis o distorsionar la interpretación de los resultados de la investigación. Este artículo destaca los retos comunes de la investigación multijurisdiccional, incluido el uso incoherente de la terminología, las diferentes estructuras y procedimientos organizativos, y factores exógenos como la gobernanza de los tribunales, la autoridad normativa, la financiación y la cultura de los tribunales locales. También ofrece orientación a los investigadores sobre cómo identificar e integrar estos factores en sus análisis para mejorar la validez y la utilidad de los resultados de la investigación. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f0c744132ee4a18b7f7f1c2176cb5252023-12-20T10:53:53ZengOñati International Institute for the Sociology of LawOñati Socio-Legal Series2079-59712023-12-0113S1S102S12010.35295/osls.iisl.17022727"How exactly is it done here?" Conducting cross-jurisdictional research with judges and court staffPaula Hannaford-Agor0National Center for State CourtsThe legal, political, and organizational environment in which judges and court staff work affects their performance in significant ways. To ensure that researchers control for these effects, it is critical that they take sufficient time in the research design phase to identify relevant factors that might complicate their analyses or distort the interpretation of research findings. This article highlights common challenges of multijurisdictional research, including inconsistent use of terminology, differing organizational structures and procedures, and exogenous factors such as court governance, policymaking authority, funding, and local court culture. It also offers guidance to researchers on identifying and integrating these factors into their analyses to enhance the validity and utility of research findings. El entorno legal, político y organizativo en el que trabajan los jueces y el personal de los tribunales afecta a su desempeño de manera significativa. Para garantizar que los investigadores controlen estos efectos, es fundamental que dediquen tiempo suficiente en la fase de diseño de la investigación a identificar los factores relevantes que podrían complicar sus análisis o distorsionar la interpretación de los resultados de la investigación. Este artículo destaca los retos comunes de la investigación multijurisdiccional, incluido el uso incoherente de la terminología, las diferentes estructuras y procedimientos organizativos, y factores exógenos como la gobernanza de los tribunales, la autoridad normativa, la financiación y la cultura de los tribunales locales. También ofrece orientación a los investigadores sobre cómo identificar e integrar estos factores en sus análisis para mejorar la validez y la utilidad de los resultados de la investigación.https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1702multijurisdictional researchcourt organizationcourt governancedata qualityinvestigación multijurisdiccionalgobernanza de los tribunalesorganización de los tribunalescalidad de datos |
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| title | "How exactly is it done here?" Conducting cross-jurisdictional research with judges and court staff |
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