Two tiers of judicial officers

IF 0.5 Q3 LAW Onati Socio-Legal Series Pub Date : 2023-11-13 DOI:10.35295/osls.iisl.1755
Jill Hunter
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In this article I reflect on the conception, methodology and findings of a study of judicial officers’ psychological wellbeing undertaken by a team comprised of two psychology and two law researchers. I am one of the lawyers. The article unpicks the unexpected significance of court hierarchy for those on the bench and the ethical challenges arising from judges’ revelations of their exposure to potentially lethal degradation and abuse. Law, and I as a lawyer, view the adjudication process as outcome oriented. Judges are less visibly ‘human’ than parties, lawyers and witnesses. Instead, judges present and perform the Law. This lawyer anticipated judges’ tasks of deploying legal knowledge at high levels, confronting graphic evidence and high profile unfair public criticism would be prominent triggers to invoking judicial stress. My psychology colleagues drew on psychological trauma literature that suggests that unlike first responders, judges are high-achieving professionals exercising authority in complex, highly visible, but isolating environments. The study’s findings were surprising, debunking my expectation of relatively homogeneous judicial experiences. Instead, they showed that the impact and nature of magistrates’ exposure to workplace trauma is sui generis.
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在这篇文章中,我反思了一个由两名心理学和两名法律研究人员组成的团队对司法官员心理健康的研究的概念、方法和结果。我是其中一名律师。这篇文章揭示了法院等级制度对法官们意想不到的重要性,以及法官们暴露出的可能致命的堕落和虐待所带来的道德挑战。法律,以及我作为一名律师,将裁决过程视为以结果为导向的。与当事人、律师和证人相比,法官没有那么明显的“人性”。相反,法官提出并执行法律。这位律师预计,法官的任务是在高层次上运用法律知识,面对图形证据和高调的不公平的公众批评,这将是援引司法压力的主要触发因素。我的心理学同事借鉴了心理创伤方面的文献,这些文献表明,与第一响应者不同,法官是在复杂、高度可见但又孤立的环境中行使权威的高成就专业人士。这项研究的结果令人惊讶,打破了我对司法经验相对同质的预期。相反,他们表明,地方法官遭受职场创伤的影响和性质是独一无二的。
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Onati Socio-Legal Series
Onati Socio-Legal Series Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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1.00
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20.00%
发文量
66
审稿时长
16 weeks
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