A typology of legal values in judicial decision making

The role of values in shaping law and judicial decisions has been the subject of extensive academic debate. Underpinning these debates is an assumption of a shared understanding of the concept of values. Yet, the term is diffuse and has been used to describe a range of constructs. This short chapter draws on theories from law and psychology to start to develop a shared understanding of legal values and a system of organising the values that shape judicial decision making.