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Guidelines: Decision-Making Tools for Litigantsand Judges
[Les barèmes, outils d’aide à la décision pour les justiciables et les juges]

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  • Cécile Bourreau-Dubois

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Bruno Deffains

    (CRED - Centre de Recherche en Economie et Droit - UP2 - Université Panthéon-Assas)

  • Myriam Doriat-Duban

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Bruno Jeandidier

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

Abstract

In a French context characterized by the development of judicial guidelines, we proposea review of the economic literature on guidelines focusing on the actors of litigation:judges and litigants. We identify two functions of guidelines, considered as decision-making tools that provide information to litigants and frame the discretionary power ofjudges (more or less strongly depending on their nature): incentive and normative.

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  • Cécile Bourreau-Dubois & Bruno Deffains & Myriam Doriat-Duban & Bruno Jeandidier, 2021. "Guidelines: Decision-Making Tools for Litigantsand Judges [Les barèmes, outils d’aide à la décision pour les justiciables et les juges]," Post-Print hal-03054417, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03054417
    DOI: 10.3917/redp.312.0031
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    Keywords

    Guidelines; Legal decision-making; Negotiation; Judge; Barème; Décision de justice; Négociation; Juge; Barème -décision de justicenégociation -juge JEL : K40; K41; K15 Guidelines; legal decision-making; negotiation; judge JEL : K40; K15;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
    • K41 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Litigation Process
    • K15 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Civil Law; Common Law
    • K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
    • K15 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Civil Law; Common Law

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