The Way One Sees Oneself and Political Consciousness of Jurists

Topics: year of start of profession; duration and type of current professional position; description of types of activity as well as field of activity; classification of weekly number of working hours in court and at home; description of career course; judgement on prestige of judges; assessment of their function regarding state and society; professional image and the way one sees oneself as judge; aspects of judicial independence; dependence of administration of justice; support by political authorities or media; bureaucratization of the judiciary and complexity of law; judgement on the promotion process and the most important promotion factors; judgement on various internals of judiciary organization; mutual consultation with colleagues; problems of judicial decision; attitude to problems of judiciary reform; judgement on the position of the Federal Constitutional Court; attitude to the political structure of institutions and to problems of domestic as well as foreign policy; attitude to opposition, the party system and the political system of the FRG in general; party preference and membership; attitude to statements on economic policy and actions by jurists; media usage; social surroundings and social origins; financial circumstances and residential status; court size; job satisfaction.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; year of marriage; number of children; characteristics of spouse; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; income; household income; assets; party membership; social origins; city size; refugee status; memberships; doctorate. Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; presence of other persons during interview; reliability of respondent; length of interview; sex of interviewer.