Challenges of Internal Justification in Judicial Decision-Making Processes

Abstract

A documentary review was carried out on the production and publication of research papers related to the study of the variables Judicial Decision Making and Internal Processes. The purpose of the bibliometric analysis proposed in this document was to know the main characteristics of the volume of publications registered in the Scopus database during the period 2017-2022, achieving the identification of 22 publications. The information provided by this platform was organized through graphs and figures categorizing the information by Year of Publication, Country of Origin, Area of Knowledge and Type of Publication. Once these characteristics have been described, the position of different authors towards the proposed theme is referenced through a qualitative analysis. Among the main findings made through this research, it is found that Italy, Holland and the United States, with 4 publications were the countries with the highest scientific production registered on behalf of authors affiliated with institutions of these nations. The Area of Knowledge that made the greatest contribution to the construction of bibliographic material referring to the study of Judicial Decision Making and Internal Processes, was Social Sciences  with 20 published documents, and the Type of Publication most used during the period indicated above were Journal Articles with 55% of the total scientific production.