Trust and Trustworthiness as Judicial Virtues
Trust and Trustworthiness as Judicial Virtues

Summary/Abstract: This article considers the meaning of trust for judicial communication. The centraltenet of this analysis is that trust is best conceptualized as a judicial virtue andthat it can be most fully explained with aretaic language. This claim is elaboratedthrough, first, making distinctions between trust and reliance, as well as betweentrust and trustworthiness. Second, exploring the determinants of trustworthinessleads the author to argue for a virtue account of judicial trustworthiness. Third,the article discusses whether and how trust as a particular attitude or propensitymay be perceived as a judicial virtue. The argument concludes by considering therelation between trust in judges and trust in justice institutions, such as courts of law.

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