Justice as Profession

Topics: 1. The following questions were posed to all respondents: attitudes to the economic and political order of the FRG; the unemployed as a danger to social order; attitude to private property; judgement on the FRG as a democratic state under the rule of law (scale); limits to freedom of the press (scale); areas of necessary reforms; attitude to demonstrations, strikes, civil disobedience and use of force (scale); basic attitude to people as good or bad beings; judgement on the moral upbringing of youth today; institutions that should be strengthened; attitude to church; priority of national interests or personal freedom; guilt and compensation in the thalidomide case; judgement on ex-convicts; law and practical justice; attitude to legal advice centers for the needy; preferred way to fight against crime; consideration of social points of view in administration of justice; attitude to a dignified external appearance in the administration of justice in the form of lavish buildings and symbols in trial rooms; image of others or self-image of the jurist (scale); attitude to compensatory education in school; judgement on emotional behavior of teachers and jurists; personal social conduct and mediation of cases of conflict; personal work style and significance of a clear organization for written work; occupational goal and occupational perspectives; jurists in one´s family; judgement on studies in general; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; interest in college policies; originally desired studies and change due to restricted admission.

Also encoded were: identification of interviewer; place of interview; date of interview. 2. Additional questions for high school graduates intending to study law: interest in an honorary activity in a legal advice center; attitude to the coaching system; demand of the study of law; intended career. 3. High school graduates intending to study secondary education: occupational goal. 4.