Transparency, litigation and economic rationality

Excessive litigation appears to be one of the main concerns of judiciary actors. The economic theory of law holds that the asymmetries in the information between potential litigants creates incentives for going to trial over arrengment. On the other side, some scholars hold that the legal opacity ─e...

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Autor: Ramírez Villaescusa, Rafael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/30368
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rfdm/article/view/30368
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Transparency
Litigation
Economics
Law
Judicial Branch
Transparencia
litigiosidad
Economía
Derecho
Poder Judicial
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Sumario:Excessive litigation appears to be one of the main concerns of judiciary actors. The economic theory of law holds that the asymmetries in the information between potential litigants creates incentives for going to trial over arrengment. On the other side, some scholars hold that the legal opacity ─especially when it comes from the judiciary─ deter potential litigants to use Courts. Therefore, a transparency policy in the Judiciary may have opposite effects: from one hand, it may create incentives for arrangments since the potencial litigants have small infomartional problems. From the other hand, transparency increase trust in the Judiciary, so people would be willing to use Courts as a mean to solve their disputes. This article seeks to answer, which effect is more important from a juridical and economic approach.