Policy, Principle, or Values: An Exploration of Judicial Decision-Making

Authors

R.J. Cahill-O’Callaghan
B.J. Richards

Keywords

Judicial process, Government policy, Conflict of judicial decisions

Abstract

The article reveals the values underpinning judicial decisions in three cases in which the complexity and legal uncertainty divided the court and argues that the language of public policy is used to frame a decision based on judicial values.

Repository Citation

R.J. Cahill-O’Callaghan and B.J. Richards, Policy, Principle, or Values: An Exploration of Judicial Decision-Making, 79 La. L. Rev. (2019)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol79/iss2/7