{"title":"Pivoting in a Pandemic: Virtual Hearings, Vulnerable Witnesses and the Journey Toward a More Therapeutic Caribbean Court","authors":"Tania Chambers","doi":"10.1177/0169796X231209155","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In the global judicial response to COVID-19 restrictions, virtual hearings were expanded beyond special accommodations for children and vulnerable witnesses to facilitate a range of court proceedings. Not much is known about the phenomenon in Caribbean contexts. As a result of this gap, the current study analyzes content from Practice Directions issued by Supreme Courts in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Eastern Caribbean from 2020 to 2022. It identifies patterns in the rules surrounding virtual hearings and their relevance to the vision of a more therapeutic Caribbean court. Results indicate that in generalizing virtual hearings, witness needs are not adequately addressed.","PeriodicalId":45003,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Developing Societies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Developing Societies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0169796X231209155","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"DEVELOPMENT STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In the global judicial response to COVID-19 restrictions, virtual hearings were expanded beyond special accommodations for children and vulnerable witnesses to facilitate a range of court proceedings. Not much is known about the phenomenon in Caribbean contexts. As a result of this gap, the current study analyzes content from Practice Directions issued by Supreme Courts in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Eastern Caribbean from 2020 to 2022. It identifies patterns in the rules surrounding virtual hearings and their relevance to the vision of a more therapeutic Caribbean court. Results indicate that in generalizing virtual hearings, witness needs are not adequately addressed.
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The Journal of Developing Societies is a refereed international journal on development and social change in all societies. JDS provides an interdisciplinary forum for the publication of theoretical perspectives, research findings, case studies, policy analyses and normative critiques on the issues, problems and policies associated with both mainstream and alternative approaches to development. The scope of the journal is not limited to articles on the Third World or the Global South, rather it encompasses articles on development and change in the "developed" as well as "developing" societies of the world. The journal seeks to represent the full range of diverse theoretical and ideological viewpoints on development that exist in the contemporary international community.
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