Popular Trust in Mexico’s Judiciary. A Preliminary Approximation

The aim of this paper is to study determinants of popular trust in Mexico’s judiciary, using different measures of trust, and trying to understand the specific impact of long- and short-term variables. Combining long standing theories of support for Courts elaborated for advanced countries, and further customizations of these theories for Latin American nations, this paper offers a fruitful test of trust in the judiciary in one single country across time to make a relatively controlled comparison. Evidence from the Mexican samples of the Americas Barometer suggest that long-term forces, such as support for democracy, it increases support for the judiciary, whereas short-term variables, such as ideology, corruption, and insecurity decrease trust.

Alejandro Díaz Domínguez /Tecnológico de Monterrey