Summary information
Study title
Confidence in Courts of Justice: Extraordinary Appeals 1989-1998
Creator
Ahonen, Timo (University of Turku. Faculty of Law)
Laitinen, Ahti (University of Turku. Faculty of Law)
Niskanen, Hannu (University of Turku. Faculty of Law)
Study number / PID
FSD1109 (FSD)
urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1109 (URN)
10.60686/t-fsd1109 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Individual datasets that do not belong to any series.
Abstract
The study charted extraordinary appeals in order to study citizens' lack of confidence in the courts of justice and to assess the extent and structure of this distrust. Variables included the types of cases against which appeals were filed, petitioner's position, as well as the types of criminal and civil cases. The decisions against which appeals were lodged, main grounds for appeals and the final outcome of the appeal were studied. Background variables included the year of the appeal, and whether the petitioner was an authority or a civilian.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
1999
Country
Finland
Time dimension
Time series
Analysis unit
Event/Process/Activity
Universe
3,240 extraordinary appeals (annulment applications and complaints on the grounds of a procedural error) lodged with the Supreme Court of Finland during 1989-1998
Sampling procedure
Probability: Cluster
Kind of data
Quantitative
Data collection mode
Compilation/Synthesis
Access
Publisher
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Publication year
2001
Terms of data access
The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.
Related publications
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- Niskanen, Hannu & Ahonen, Timo & Laitinen, Ahti (2000). Suomalaisten luottamus tuomioistuimiin. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Turun yliopiston oikeustieteellisen tiedekunnan julkaisuja. Rikos- ja prosessioikeudensarja A; 25.
- Niskanen, Hannu (2000). Luottamus tuomioistuimiin. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Oikeustieteen pro gradu -tutkielma.
- Helander, Karin (2017): Logistinen regressio tuomioistuinmielikuvien tutkimuksessa. Helsingin yliopisto, Valtiotieteellinen tdk, sosiaalitieteiden laitos.