Examining Judicial Decision-making: An Axiological Analytical Tool

John McClellan Marshall

Abstract


One thing that is characteristic of the judicial decision-making process regardless of the structure of the judiciary in a particular country or region is that the judge is responsible for making a decision that is both consistent with the law and is such that the people will follow it. This presents a judge with a very complex series of variables that must be considered when formulating a decision. The axiological approach to the analysis of the process and the outcome, the decision if you will, enhances both the quality of the content and the “validity” of the decision.


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constitution; justice; fairness

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LITERATURE

Cardozo B.N., The Nature of the Judicial Process, New Haven 1921.

Clark C.E., The Handmaid of Justice, “Washington University Law Quarterly” 1938, Vol. 297.

Holmes O.W., The Common Law, Boston 1881.

Lapie P., Logique de la volonté, Paris 1902.

Hartmann E. von, Grundriss der Axiologie, Nikosia 1908.

CASE LAW

Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824).

Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803).

Lord Hewart, CJ, R v. Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy ([1924] 1 KB 256, [1923] All ER Rep 233).




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/sil.2020.29.3.55-65
Date of publication: 2020-06-30 09:44:32
Date of submission: 2020-04-29 10:58:28


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