Exercising discretion in the context of dependent employment: assessing the impact of workload on the rule of law

Autor:	Shelagh Campbell
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	050402 sociology media_common.quotation_subject Common law 05 social sciences Context (language use) Discretion Rule of law Public law 0504 sociology Work (electrical) Law 0502 economics and business Criminal law Business Legal profession 050203 business & management Law and economics media_common
Zdroj:	Legal Studies. 37:305-323
ISSN:	1748-121X 0261-3875
DOI:	10.1111/lest.12145
Popis:	Faced with growing pressures for accountability and increasing complexity of legal work, the international legal community has focused attention on support for the rule of law. Taking a workplace perspective, this study develops and tests an individual-level measure of support for the rule of law in the context of the Canadian public sector. Results from a national survey of government-employed lawyers reveal that increasing work demands have a detrimental effect on perceived ability to uphold the rule of law in the daily execution of work tasks. This negative pressure is moderated by social support in the workplace, with diminishing effect. Lawyers in criminal law practice appear more negatively affected by work demands than those in civil or common law practices.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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