International records / OpenAlex research
Implied Influence of Personality Traits of Judges and Counsel on the Outcome of the Trial
Its been suggested that there are other factors apart from the technicalities of the law, involved in the outcome of trials. It was indicated that personality of both the trial judge and the lawyer could influence the final outcome of the trial but this was yet to be empirically tested. The present study attempted a meta analysis of this phenomenon with lawyers and Judges of Oyo state, Nigeria. Twenty Judges who were incidentally sampled from the High Court of 00 State Judiciary and 60 lawyers equally incidentally sampled during their weekly meetings at the High Court premises participated in …
