When corruption hits the judiciary: A global perspective on access to justice and corruption
This study asks if the level of corruption relates to perception of access to justice. Looking at the supply side of access to justice, a corrupt judicial system will imply that the less well-off cannot afford to gain their rights. However, does corruption widen a justice gap? Studies show that cor...
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This study asks if the level of corruption relates to perception of access to justice. Looking at the supply side of access to justice, a corrupt judicial system will imply that the less well-off cannot afford to gain their rights. However, does corruption widen a justice gap? Studies show that corruption relates to democracy, wealth and equality. The link between corruption and the judiciary is less studied. This study explores the general global relations statistically with use of data from 113 countries. Using multiple regression, it corroborates the classical debate on inequality and equal access to justice but critically contribute to this debate by finding that corruption has an independent and strong relation to access to justice. However, it also finds that income inequality continues to be of importance. This finding is not trivial but suggests that anti-corruption and equality policies may improve access to justice.
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| spelling | doaj-art-b2b5b7fbf5f241db8208dac2ab95f0492024-11-25T14:36:22ZengOñati International Institute for the Sociology of LawOñati Socio-Legal Series2079-59712023-07-0113410.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-13542215When corruption hits the judiciary: A global perspective on access to justice and corruption Karin Pedersen0Lars Johannsen1Department of Political Science, Aarhus UniversityDepartment of Political Science, Aarhus University This study asks if the level of corruption relates to perception of access to justice. Looking at the supply side of access to justice, a corrupt judicial system will imply that the less well-off cannot afford to gain their rights. However, does corruption widen a justice gap? Studies show that corruption relates to democracy, wealth and equality. The link between corruption and the judiciary is less studied. This study explores the general global relations statistically with use of data from 113 countries. Using multiple regression, it corroborates the classical debate on inequality and equal access to justice but critically contribute to this debate by finding that corruption has an independent and strong relation to access to justice. However, it also finds that income inequality continues to be of importance. This finding is not trivial but suggests that anti-corruption and equality policies may improve access to justice. https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1504Access to justicecorruptionglobal viewanti-corruption policy |
| spellingShingle | Karin Pedersen Lars Johannsen When corruption hits the judiciary: A global perspective on access to justice and corruption Oñati Socio-Legal Series Access to justice corruption global view anti-corruption policy |
| title | When corruption hits the judiciary: A global perspective on access to justice and corruption |
| title_full | When corruption hits the judiciary: A global perspective on access to justice and corruption |
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| title_full_unstemmed | When corruption hits the judiciary: A global perspective on access to justice and corruption |
| title_short | When corruption hits the judiciary: A global perspective on access to justice and corruption |
| title_sort | when corruption hits the judiciary a global perspective on access to justice and corruption |
| topic | Access to justice corruption global view anti-corruption policy |
| url | https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1504 |
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