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- Bergman Blix, Stina, 1971-, et al.
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(Dis)passionate law stories : the emotional processes of encoding narratives in court
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of law and society. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0263-323X .- 1467-6478. ; 49:2, s. 245-262
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this conceptual article, we propose that legal professional decision makers’ transformation of narratives in court (encoding) influences their emotional attunement to the stories at hand. First, we argue that the process of encoding is linked to the strict demand for dispassion in legal settings. Second, we introduce three techniques that regulate the emotional processes at play during the encoding of law narratives: demarcation, fragmentation, and proximation. Demarcation and fragmentation produce emotional distance from narratives and their associated emotions, while proximation refers to the deliberate calibration of emotional attunement to law stories to enable legal decision making. Demarcation and fragmentation are sustained by background emotions of ease and interest when stories align with legal requirements, versus disinterest and irritation when ‘too many’ details are introduced. Proximation is regulated through the epistemic emotions of doubt and certainty. By scrutinizing the subtle emotions involved in legal encoding, we problematize the ideal of judicial dispassion.
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- Bergman Blix, Stina, 1971-, et al.
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Integrating Rationality and Emotion in Legal Institutions
- 2024
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Ingår i: Research Handbook on the Sociology of Emotion. - Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing. - 9781803925646 - 9781803925653 ; , s. 173-197
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the Law and Emotion field, the integration of reason and emotion finds support in empirical research. Legal practice, however, still maintains that ‘rational, objective’ law is devoid of emotion. This raises the question of how to incorporate the divide itself in a theoretical understanding of the role of emotions in legal practice. The legal system is congenial with other modern bureaucratic institutions, so this question is relevant for understanding state institutions generally. We thus 1. review the field of Law and Emotion, and 2. propose some general theoretical approaches for the study of emotions and institutions. Among these: a) the concept of emotive-cognitive primary frame; b) narrative theory; c) social interactionism. In conclusion, we suggest some pathways for future research on emotions and rationality in bureaucratic institutions.
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- Bergman Blix, Stina, 1971-
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Making Independent Decisions Together : Rational Emotions in Legal Adjudication
- 2022
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Ingår i: Symbolic interaction. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0195-6086 .- 1533-8665. ; 45:1, s. 50-71
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article analyzes rational decision-making in court as an emotivecognitiveprocess formed in and through social interaction. Currenttheoretical perspectives have shown how emotion and thought areintertwined in the workings of the human brain but have seldom elaboratedon the contextual and structural features of rational-emotionaldecision-making. I propose a model that maps emotional processesand emotional management demands to the temporally extended,stepwise process of rational-legal decision-making. I show that (a) thebounded structure of the decision-making process actualizes differentemotive-cognitive complexes at different stages and (b) the demand forobjectivity in rational decision-making calls for parallel emotional processesand subject positions to remain independent while sustainingsocial cohesion.
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- Bergman Blix, Stina, 1971-
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Uppmärksamma kroppar : närhet, avstånd och rörelse på och utanför scenen
- 2023
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Ingår i: Den empiriska glädjen. - Lund : Lunds universitet. - 9789172674769 - 9789172674776 ; , s. 198-208
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Det här kapitlet tar avstamp i en av dessa händelser ’från fältet’, i detta fall en teater, som hänger sig kvar många år efteråt men som inte använts eftersom den innehåller för många trådar: lite om metod, lite om etik, mycket om kroppar och om närvaro och om kön om man vill. Händelsen börjar i ett misstag som jag utnyttjar men sen får betala för och som väckte känslor både hos mig och hos den jag mötte. Jag försöker här reda ut hur olika ingångar och upplevelser av denna händelse kan ge pusselbitar till att förstå kroppar i samspel. Som etnografiskt sinnade forskare försöker vi komma nära för att se ur någon annans perspektiv. Vi blir kanske avvisade, får gå därifrån, betrakta på avstånd eller komma tillbaka in i värmen och vara med. Vi vet att vår position påverkar vad vi ser, men vi tar ofta inte med positionerna mellan kropparna på fältet i våra analyser. Jag menar inte positioner som statiska entiteter, utan som dynamiska relationer som ändrar balansen i möten och som skapar handlingsmöjligheter och begränsningar och som kan få symboliska betydelser och därmed cementera relationer.
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- Bladini, Moa, 1979, et al.
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The Judge Under Pressure : Fostering Objectivity by Abandoning the Myth of Dispassion
- 2022
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Ingår i: Judicial Independence Under Threat. - Oxford : Oxford University Press. - 9780197267035 ; , s. 223-240
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The independence of the judiciary is challenged in several ways. One is the populist narrative of the judges as elitist, another is artificial intelligence being introduced into judicial evaluation. The traditional ideal of positivistic objectivity underpins both these narratives, even though research has shown that emotions are a crucial part of rational decision making. By scrutinising legal decision making from a sociology of emotions perspective, the authors offer a new understanding of how emotions function in court and how they can be used to safeguard judicial independence. The chapter shows the importance of the use of empathy and emotions in court to diminish the gap between the judge and participants in the courtroom process, and argues that the universalist claim and quantifying base of AI hide the importance of the judge to understand the specificities of each individual case, including contextual and relational aspects.. In contrast, emotions and empathy can be a means to legitimate the judiciary, and hence highlight the specific human aspects of judging.
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- Minissale, Alessandra, 1992-, et al.
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Beyond A Reasonable Doubt : The Emotive-Cognitive Evaluation of Intent and Credibility
- 2022
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Credibility and intent are among the most recurrent legal categories to be assessed in criminal trials. Even in civil law jurisdictions, where judges and prosecutors abide by detailed rules on how to decide, the law does not offer an answer as to how credibility and intent evaluations should be done in practice. Drawing on analysis of ethnographic data from trials and deliberations collected in Italian courts and prosecution offices, we discuss the emotive-cognitive dynamics at play in judges’ and prosecutors’ evaluation of credibility and intent, focusing on cases of murder, intimate partner violence, and rape. Using sociological concepts of epistemic emotions, emotional reflexivity, empathy, and legal encoding, we show that legal professionals use different practices to either avoid settling on feelings of certainty about credibility and intent when their evaluations are perceived as problematic or to overcome feelings of doubts about said legal categories. In this way, we contribute to the growing body of literature addressing the importance of emotional dynamics in legal decision-making, adding a novel perspective on civil law professionals.
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- Minissale, Alessandra, 1992-
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Emotions in Legal Decisions : The Construction of Objective Narratives in Italian Criminal Trials
- 2023
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Drawing on ethnographic data collected in Italian courts and prosecution offices, this dissertation offers new perspectives on legal decision-making by highlighting the importance of emotions for constructing and evaluating legal narratives. Focusing on criminal cases, it describes and dissects how judges and prosecutors use emotions in reflection and action tied to lay narratives and legal constraints. The analysis shows that legal professionals engage in different types of emotional dynamics when dealing with stories; first, they develop gut feelings, which are either endorsed or kept at distance by means of emotional reflexivity, to comply with legal ideals of objectivity and impartiality. Second, empathy emerges as a crucial tool to direct the interaction with lay people and to interpret legal prerequisites, such as credibility, and intent. Finally, the dissertation shows that lay stories lead legal professionals to become passionate and committed towards the correct application of the law, the restoration of the moral order, and the achievement of justice. In light of the empirical findings, this thesis strives to develop a theoretical understanding of legal decision-making as narrative work that includes emotional dynamics consistent with rational, objective action.
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- Nordquist, Cecilia, et al.
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Emotional Community and Estrangement in the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Collaborative Autoethnographic Approach
- 2023
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Ingår i: Transcending Crisis by Attending to Care, Emotion, and Flourishing. - London : Routledge. - 9781032196862 - 9781003260332 ; , s. 119-143
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The incentive for this chapter emerged in the beginning of the pandemic when we collected data for a comparative research project in three countries whose strategies to combat the COVID-19 virus were strikingly different and often debated: Sweden, Italy, and the United States. Trying to make sense of our subjective feelings as well as the collective feelings we identified in reports and discussions in the media and personal conversations, we found that our efforts were not only therapeutic, but served as illuminating examples of authoritative and public responses that either fragmented or supported emotional communities. The three countries faced the same health hazards, but the authorities’ emotional response and the public’s collective feelings differed. Through individual autoethnographic diaries, observations of press conferences, and joint emotional reflections, we found that our own feelings and our respective countries’ responses were diverse. Employing collaborative autoethnography, and a three-tier analysis strategy, we discuss the observed responses in our respective national contexts during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic and reflect on how public and private experiences coalesce into experiences of both a shared sense of emotional community as well as feelings of emotional estrangement.
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