What allows unpopular judiciaries to gain the trust of the public? Some suggest that judicial confidence depends on procedural integrity. Others emphasize the importance of ideological congruence between the court and the public. This article examines the explanatory power of these two leading hypotheses while also paying closer attention to the moderating effects of political and economic inclusion. It finds that confidence in the judiciary is driven by normative considerations when inclusion is high, but by ideological proximity when inclusion is low. The findings highlight that institutional support does not emerge from a single causal path. Instead, inequalities in the economic and political structure make people trust institutions for different—and sometimes contrasting—reasons.

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玻利维亚司法信任的规范和物质基础

是什么让不得人心的司法机构获得公众的信任？一些人认为，司法信任取决于程序的完整性。其他人则强调法院与公众之间意识形态一致性的重要性。本文检验了这两个主要假设的解释力，同时也更加关注政治和经济包容性的调节作用。它发现，当包容性高时，对司法机构的信心是由规范性考虑驱动的，而当包容性低时，是由意识形态接近度驱动的。研究结果强调，制度支持并非来自单一的因果路径。相反，经济和政治结构中的不平等使人们出于不同（有时甚至是相反）的原因信任机构。