"Tasty High Court!" is the title of a research project conducted by the Court Watch Poland Foundation in cooperation with the Department of Population Research at the Institute of Sociology of the Jagiellonian University.<\/p>\n
It seeks to draw public attention, in particular to the judicial community and the administration of the courts, on the impact of non-legal factors – including the working conditions of judges – on the decision-making process and, consequently, on case-law. In our research we refer to the theory of legal realism, which assumes that the judge is not only the "mouth of the law" – he does not rule mechanically on the basis of legislation – but also remains under the influence of external conditions.<\/p>\n
The project was inspired by a 2010 Israeli study by Shai Danziger, Jonathan Levav and Lior Avnaim-Pessa, which found that blood glucose levels had an impact on judges' decision-making. It has been proven that when the judge had the opportunity to take a break and eat a meal before sentencing, in 65% of cases he ruled more favourably for convicted, then gradually decreased over time until it reached 0%.<\/p>\n
As part of the project "Tasty, High Court!" we will conduct a thorough analysis of scientific publications on the impact of external conditions on the decision-making process. On this basis, we will identify the most important external factor in the judge's work that may influence the decision-making process and we will confront them with the opinions and suggestions of the judges, gathered in the questionnaire surveys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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