Archetypes  in a Social Representation	of a Dignified Judge 
(Demonstrated on Judge Dee)

k 2022

Archetypes in a Social Representation of a Dignified Judge (Demonstrated on Judge Dee)

ŠTĚPÁNÍKOVÁ, Markéta, Terezie SMEJKALOVÁ and Petr PALÍŠEK

Basic information

Original name

Archetypes in a Social Representation of a Dignified Judge (Demonstrated on Judge Dee)

Authors

ŠTĚPÁNÍKOVÁ, Markéta (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Terezie SMEJKALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr PALÍŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

SLSA Annual Conference, 2022

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

50501 Law

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Web konference Program konference

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14220/22:00129399

Organization unit

Faculty of Law

Keywords in English

ethics; legal ethics; lawyers; judges; social representations; vague legal terms

Abstract

V originále

Legal ethics is fast becoming a crucial field of legal research even in continental Europe (eg. Sobek 2019). There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the importance of key legal concepts of legal ethics (eg. Phillips 2016). However, many of these concepts are also vague legal terms. As such, they are usually interpreted and applied theoretically. Yet, for example, the content of the term „dignified judge“ is necessarily determined by the social consensus on what is considered „dignified“ so we need to know this consensus to apply the term correctly. In our long-term project, we have chosen to explore legal concepts by methods of studying their social representations. In this part of our project, we use hierarchical evocation (Abric, 2005) for studying the legal concept of „dignified judge“. This method is a simple production task with a free-association basis. In our research, we collected answers from legal professionals with an emphasis on the judiciary. Results of our research showed that a concept of a dignified judge in the Czech Republic consists of several archetypes. These archetypes can be best demonstrated and explained in the example of Judge Dee (van Gulik). It shows that this particular concept is very similar even in very different cultural backgrounds and even both in art and legal academia.

Links

GA20-10171S, research and development project

Name: Využití metod sociální reprezentace v analýze právních konceptů

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

ŠTĚPÁNÍKOVÁ, Markéta, Terezie SMEJKALOVÁ and Petr PALÍŠEK. Archetypes in a Social Representation of a Dignified Judge (Demonstrated on Judge Dee). In SLSA Annual Conference. 2022.

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ŠTĚPÁNÍKOVÁ, Markéta, Terezie SMEJKALOVÁ and Petr PALÍŠEK. Archetypes in a Social Representation of a Dignified Judge (Demonstrated on Judge Dee). In \textit{SLSA Annual Conference}. 2022.

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