Bloc Voting on the International Court of Justice THE RESEARCH PROBLEM METHODOLOGY PATTERNS OF BLOC VOTING A SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF BLOC VOTING PATTERNS EXPLAINING THE BLOC VOTING PATTERNS FUTURE RESEARCH AVENUES REFERENCES

The results of a Rice-Beyle cluster bloc analysis of votes in the International Court of Justice reveal several twoand three judge blocs, but these blocs do not conform closely to the blocs which would be expected on the basis of the political alignments or common cultural patterns of the judges cou...

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Published inThe Journal of conflict resolution Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 39
Main Author Hensley, Thomas R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Beverly Hills SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC 01.03.1978
Subjects
Conflict Resolution
Courts
Decision making
Factor Analysis
International courts
Judges
Judges & magistrates
Justice
Logical Thinking
Opinions
Politics
Professional Training
Research Problems
Role Perception
Socioeconomic Background
Traditions
Voting
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Summary:The results of a Rice-Beyle cluster bloc analysis of votes in the International Court of Justice reveal several twoand three judge blocs, but these blocs do not conform closely to the blocs which would be expected on the basis of the political alignments or common cultural patterns of the judges countries. These results are reinforced by the analysis of predetermined blocs based upon the political alignments and common legal systems of the judges' countries, although the Soviet and Polish judges do show distinctive voting patterns from the rest of the Court. A conceptual framework of the judicial decision making process is then introduced to help explain the results, leading to the conclusions that while social background and personal and policy attitudes do not seem to be major factors in explaining judicial behavior of the judges, the factor of judicial role perceptions, stemming primarily from professional training and associations, may be of great significance.
ISSN:0022-0027
1552-8766