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Public Reactions to Noncompliance with Judicial Orders

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  • CARLIN, RYAN E.
  • CASTRELLÓN, MARIANA
  • GAURI, VARUN
  • JARAMILLO SIERRA, ISABEL C.
  • STATON, JEFFREY K.

Abstract

Constitutions empower people to ask judges for binding orders directing state agents to remedy rights violations, but state agents do not always comply. Scholars propose that by making it easier to observe noncompliance, courts can leverage public pressure for compliance when it exists. Yet, exposure to information about noncompliance might lead individuals to accept high levels of noncompliance and reduce support for judicial remedies. We estimate the rate of noncompliance with judges’ orders via a rigorous tracking study of the Colombian tutela. We then embed this rate in three survey experiments fielded with online national quota samples. We show that people find the noncompliance rate in the tutela highly unacceptable regardless of a variety of mitigating factors. We also show that public reactions to this information depend on prior expectations, a finding that stresses the importance of scholarship in cognitive psychology for studies of compliance in law and politics.

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  • Carlin, Ryan E. & Castrellón, Mariana & Gauri, Varun & Jaramillo Sierra, Isabel C. & Staton, Jeffrey K., 2022. "Public Reactions to Noncompliance with Judicial Orders," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 116(1), pages 265-282, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:116:y:2022:i:1:p:265-282_18
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