Abstract: The best way to understand how and why people do what they do is not always to rely on their own explanations. Although such accounts cannot be ignored entirely, there is little reason to place exclusive weight on them, especially if they are retrospective. People often do things for very different reasons than they think. And, on occasion, they act for reasons that are quite the opposite of what they think. Not surprisingly, this is equally true of judges. In striving to understand how and why judges judge as they do, their own explanations are simply one source of elucidation. While it is essential to factor in these personal introspections, it is also important to treat them with a healthy degree of skepticism. Of course, the more reflective and self-critical these reflections are, the better and more reliable they might be.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-02-20
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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