Ambiguity About Ambiguity: An Empirical Inquiry into Legal Interpretation

Farnsworth, Ward; Guzior, Dustin F.; Malani, Anup

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1492907

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“…Little work has been done on empirical measures of legal uncertainty. A notable exception is Farnsworth, Guzior and Malani (2010). They use surveys to measure the "ambiguity" surrounding hypothetical laws applied to hypothetical fact patterns.…”

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The Concept of Legal Uncertainty

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2011

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2011

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Why does the public cooperate with law enforcement? The influence of the purposes and targets of policing.

Huq

Tyler

Schulhofer

2011

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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This study addresses the extension of the "procedural justice" model for understanding public cooperation with law enforcement to new policing contexts and new minority populations. The study draws on four recent surveys of public reactions to policing against crime or against terrorism across different populations to examine whether the changing purpose of policing, or changes in the communities targeted for heightened policing have an effect on how cooperative behaviors are elicited.This paper presents evidence that procedural justice mechanisms are robust across a variety of contexts and populations in the United States. Three issues in particular are addressed. First, whether the procedural justice model applies across policing functions and policed populations. Second, whether the perception that another group is the target of disproportionate policing efforts has any effect on the cooperation behavior of a non-targeted population. And third, whether people attend to different aspects of policing behavior if their community is targeted for heightened policing attention.

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Legitimacy and Deterrence Effects in Counterterrorism Policing: A Study of Muslim Americans

Tyler¹,

Schulhofer²,

Huq³

2010

Law Soc Rev

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This study considers the circumstances under which members of the Muslim American community voluntarily cooperate with police efforts to combat terrorism. Cooperation is defined to include both a general receptivity toward helping the police in antiterror work and the specific willingness to alert police to terror‐related risks in a community. We compare two perspectives on why people cooperate with law enforcement, both developed with reference to general policing, in the context of antiterror policing and specifically among members of the Muslim American community. The first is instrumental. It suggests that people cooperate because they see tangible benefits that outweigh any costs. The second perspective is normative. It posits that people respond to their belief that police are a legitimate authority. On this view we link legitimacy to the fairness and procedural justice of police behavior. Data from a study involving interviews with Muslim Americans in New York City between March and June 2009 strongly support the normative model by finding that the procedural justice of police activities is the primary factor shaping legitimacy and cooperation with the police.

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Ambiguity About Ambiguity: An Empirical Inquiry into Legal Interpretation

Cited by 17 publications

References 45 publications

The Concept of Legal Uncertainty

The Concept of Legal Uncertainty

Why does the public cooperate with law enforcement? The influence of the purposes and targets of policing.

Legitimacy and Deterrence Effects in Counterterrorism Policing: A Study of Muslim Americans

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