J 2024

A Dignified Judge’s (Re)Presentation of Self

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie, Petr PALÍŠEK and Markéta ŠTĚPÁNÍKOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

A Dignified Judge’s (Re)Presentation of Self

Edition

Papers on Social Representations, Lisbon, University Institute of Lisbon, 2024, 1021-5573

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Country of publisher

Portugal

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Keywords in English

performance; performativity; Goffman; dignity of a judge; social representations; collective representation

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 14/7/2024 22:18, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Abstract

V originále

Goffman (1959) believes that everyone is a performer, maintaining a “front” depending on social situations they enter. Roles with higher level of institutionalization, such as judges, may even have front prepared for them, may it be by law or social expectations. The role of a judge as prepared by the law entails the performance of dignity. Goffman believes that a person’s front is collectively represented, and that this representation becomes a fact of its own right. We use the social representations approach (Moscovici 1961) to explore this “collective representation” of the judge’s dignity among practicing lawyers, using hierarchical evocation method (Abric, 2005). This paper explores the performative dimension of a judge, a character in a performance of a trial. We report our findings and discuss the front of a dignified judge that emerged as a persona with specific appearance and manner, and setting used to objectify the judge’s dignity.

Links

GA20-10171S, research and development project
Name: Využití metod sociální reprezentace v analýze právních konceptů
Investor: Czech Science Foundation