Essays about: "courtroom"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the word courtroom.

1. 1. Performing impartiality: A qualitative socio-legal study on impartiality and emotional regulation in lay judges

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Linda Träff Karlsson; [2023]
   Keywords : District courts; Emotional management; Emotional regulation; Impartiality; Lay judges; Performing impartiality; Sweden.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : A fundamental principle for democracy and the rule of law is that the courts are independent and impartial, which extends to the conduct of judges and lay judges during the trial. In addition, there is the expectation of the courtroom being an unemotional setting, and seeing emotional displays in lay and professional judges could lead to a feeling of partiality in the audience. READ MORE

3. 2. A Knight(mare) in Shining Armour: A Foucauldian-Feminist Analysis of Sexsomnia Defence in Swedish Courts

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Elin Persmo; [2022]
   Keywords : Sexsomnia; Sexual behaviour during sleep; Foucault; Swedish court system; Sexual violence; Medico-legal field; and Feminist socio-legal theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In recent years, several men in Sweden have been acquitted of different sexual offences because the courts deemed that it could have occurred in their sleep. According to a leading expert, several of the Swedish acquitting cases are based on incorrect or irrelevant arguments and reasoning regarding sexsomnia. READ MORE

4. 3. We’re in this together – joint and several : How interpreters in spoken languages cooperate in teams in Swedish courts of law

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Tolk- och översättarinstitutet

   Author : Lotta Hellstrand; [2022]
   Keywords : court interpreting; team interpreting; cooperation; coordination; interpreting as interaction; dialogue interpreting; ratified interpreter; bystander interpreter; interpreter’s role; legal interpreting; domstolstolkning; samarbete; samordning; tolkning som interaktion; dialogtolkning; tolkens roll; rättstolkning;

   Abstract : In sign-language interpreting and conference interpreting it is common for interpreters to work in pairs and well-established norms exist for how that cooperation is carried out. Working in pairs is becoming more common in Swedish courts for spoken language interpreting. READ MORE

5. 4. Performance of the Defendant Role

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Nilsson Emil; [2021]
   Keywords : Court; trial; emotion; impression management; interaction; culture; Social Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : Given the fact that experimental studies have found an influence on legal decision making by the court’s impression of the defendant, while at the same time the defendant has been foreseen in research on courtroom interaction and emotion, it is highly significant to study the way the defendant interact during criminal trials. This thesis is based on an ethnographic-inspired study conducted in Swedish lower court during the spring of 2021. READ MORE

6. 5. Partisan Gerrymandering and the U.S Supreme Court - What is the Problem Represented to be?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Maximilian Björklund Claesson; [2020]
   Keywords : Partisan Gerrymandering; U.S Supreme Court; Bacchi; Gill v. Whitford; Rucho v. Common Cause; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : A verdict in 2019 from the U.S Supreme Court that resulted in the withdrawal of the power of lower federal courts to judge in cases of partisan gerrymandering was a contested and debated one, both inside and outside the courtroom. READ MORE