Longitudinal Study of the Political and Policymaking Role ofthe Philippine Supreme Court

泰特博士计划调查菲律宾最高法院从1965年至今的政治和决策作用。这项研究的数据库包括约12,000个案件，对最高法院和上诉法院法官的访谈，以及向审判法院法官和法律专业人员的抽样邮寄问卷调查。基于这些数据来源，Tate博士能够量化菲律宾法院在一段时间内的制度作用的许多方面，并进行复杂的多元分析，重点关注诸如马科斯总统宣布戒严令或向法院分配增加的行政和监督职责等事件的影响。此外，时间序列分析可以评估年度变量对法院的影响，如经济健康的宏观经济指标。综合这些数据集可以将法院置于其政治和法律制度的背景下，分析其机构业绩和决策，并查明其在适应急剧变化的政治环境时的变化和连续性模式。这项研究具有相当大的科学前景。它提供了一个机会来审视法院的政治角色，不仅在美国的背景之外，而且在一个作为自然实验的环境中，因为在这个时期，主要的政权更迭。因此，它应该大大促进对政治、政治制度和司法程序之间相互关系的认识。

Dr. Tate plans to investigate the political and policymaking role of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1965 to the present. The data base for the study is comprised of some 12,000 cases, interviews with justices of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, and mailed questionnaire surveys to a sample of trial court judges and members of the legal profession. Based on these data sources, Dr. Tate is able to quantify numerous aspects of the institutional role of the Philippine Court over time and undertake complex multivariate analyses focusing on the impact of such events as President Marcos' declaration of martial law or the assignment of increased administrative and supervisory duties to the Court. Also, time series analyses can assess the impact on the Court of annual variables like macroeconomic indicators of the health of the economy. The data sets combined permit placing the Court in its political and legal system contexts, analyzing its institutional performance and decisionmaking, and identifying the patterns of change and continuity as it adapts to radically changed political surroundings. This study has considerable scientific promise. It offers the opportunity to examine the political role of courts not only outside of the American context but also in a setting that serves as a natural experiment because of major regime changes through the period in question. Thus, it should substantially advance knowledge of the interrelationship between politics, political regimes, and the judicial process.