The Speed of Justice
This paper estimates the impact of a procedural reform on the efficiency and quality of adjudication in Senegal. The reform gave judges the duty and powers to conclude pre-trial proceedings within four months. A staggered rollout and three years of high-frequency data on court cases are combine...
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okr-10986-295522021-06-14T10:09:29Z The Speed of Justice Kondylis, Florence Stein, Mattea LEGAL PROCEDURE CIVIL LAW BUREAUCRACY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FIRMS JUSTICE This paper estimates the impact of a procedural reform on the efficiency and quality of adjudication in Senegal. The reform gave judges the duty and powers to conclude pre-trial proceedings within four months. A staggered rollout and three years of high-frequency data on court cases are combined to construct an event study. Estimates suggest a reduction in pre-trial formalism: duration decreases by 46 days, the number of hearings is reduced, and judges impose more deadlines. The effects are similar for small and large cases, and across slow and fast judges. Quality does not appear to be adversely affected, while firms positively value faster adjudication. 2018-03-30T16:32:16Z 2018-03-30T16:32:16Z 2018-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/455021521720861143/The-speed-of-justice http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29552 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8372 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Senegal |
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This paper estimates the impact of a procedural reform
on the efficiency and quality of adjudication in Senegal.
The reform gave judges the duty and powers to
conclude pre-trial proceedings within four months. A
staggered rollout and three years of high-frequency data
on court cases are combined to construct an event study.
Estimates suggest a reduction in pre-trial formalism:
duration decreases by 46 days, the number of hearings is
reduced, and judges impose more deadlines. The effects
are similar for small and large cases, and across slow
and fast judges. Quality does not appear to be adversely
affected, while firms positively value faster adjudication. |
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Kondylis, Florence Stein, Mattea |
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Kondylis, Florence Stein, Mattea |
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Kondylis, Florence |
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The Speed of Justice |
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The Speed of Justice |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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