Detailed Information on Publication Record
2022
Judge’s (Re)Presentation of Self
SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie, Markéta ŠTĚPÁNÍKOVÁ and Petr PALÍŠEKBasic information
Original name
Judge’s (Re)Presentation of Self
Authors
SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Markéta ŠTĚPÁNÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Petr PALÍŠEK (203 Czech Republic)
Edition
SLSA York 2022, 2022
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Field of Study
50501 Law
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14220/22:00119746
Organization unit
Faculty of Law
Keywords in English
dignity; social representations; Goffman; representation of self; performance
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International impact
Změněno: 28/2/2023 09:46, Mgr. Petra Georgala
Abstract
V originále
There are many folk ideas about what a judge is or should be. From images in literature to pop culture or mass media. In an ongoing project, we are testing the possibilities of the methods available within the social representations approach (Moscovici 1963) in studying conceptualization in law. The social representations approach stems from social psychology and its main benefit is the capability to explore shared folk meanings. We have conducted research to determine social representation of “a dignified judge” among practicing lawyers, using hierarchical evocation method (Abric 2005), as the concept of dignity is intertwined into the legal rules concerning the performance of the profession of a judge. The data indicates that the lawyers’ representation of a dignified judge is strongly linked to performance: costume, scene, props, and general allusions to performance in general. This paper explores this performative dimension of a dignified judge, a character in a performance of a trial, mostly in Goffman’s sense. We report the findings of our research and discuss the shared ideas of external characteristics of such a persona to which the participants tend to anchor the judge’s dignity.
Links
| GA20-10171S, research and development project |
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