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Do Administrative Courts Favor the Government? Evidence from Medical Malpractice in Spain
Sofia Amaral-Garcia
Nuno Garoupa
出版
SSRN
, 2012
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=g3LhzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
A standard argument against specialized administrative courts in the tradition of civil law jurisdictions is their lack of independence. They are perceived to be ineffective in restraining the government's interference with private rights, therefore failing to secure strong judicial independence. In this paper, we use a dataset of 365 medical malpractice cases decided by the Spanish Supreme Court in 2006-2010 to test the extent to which administrative courts are biased in favor of the government. We find no clear evidence that administrative courts decide more favorably for the defendant than civil courts.
