Search for dissertations about: "courtroom"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word courtroom.

  2. 1. Dilemmas in child custody disputes : the child's best interest in courtroom discourse

    Author : Henrik Ingrids; Karin Aronsson; Lucas Gottzén; Jonathan Potter; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child custody disputes; discursive psychology; conversation analysis; institutional talk; interactional dilemmas; reported speech; reported affect; blame allocations; social accounts; membership categories; gendered categories; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis examines courtroom interactions involving child custody disputes, exploring how participants during courtroom hearings orient to and manage the task of presenting their own side, while contesting the opposing party, in matters like the child’s best interest, domestic violence, parental neglect and misconduct. Drawing on 42 audio-recorded courtroom examinations of litigating parents by the same side and opponent side attorneys, it examines authentic courtroom hearings. READ MORE

  4. 2. Caught in the Middle? : Young offenders in the Swedish and German criminal justice systems

    Author : Mareike Persson; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; straffrätt; unga lagöverträdare; criminal law; young offenders; juvenile criminal justice systems; juvenile legal consequences; sentencing; law in action; autopoiesis; socio-legal studies;

    Abstract : How should we respond to a criminal offence committed by a young person? It is obvious that this is a very complex question. Multiple factors play important roles: the offence itself, but also the juvenile’s background in terms of education, socialization, prior convictions, etc. READ MORE

  5. 3. CCTV, Live and Videotapes: How Presentation Mode Affects the Evaluation of Witnesses

    Author : Sara Landström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Presentation Mode; Live; Video; Two-way CCTV; Deception Detection;

    Abstract : Videotaped and closed circuit testimonies are often used in legal procedures, but little is known about the psychological effects of these courtroom technologies. The present thesis examines how different presentation modes affect observers’ perception, veracity assessment and memory. READ MORE

  6. 4. Loyalty Work : Emotional interactions of defence lawyers in Swedish courtrooms

    Author : Lisa Flower; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Loyalty; law; emotional regime; emotion; facework; emotion work; teamwork; Lojalitet; lagen; emotionsregim; emotion; facework; emotionsarbete; teamwork;

    Abstract : Defence lawyers’ work takes place in emotionally charged, yet emotionally constraining situations. This is particularly evident in criminal trials. Distressed clients, unforeseeable disruptions, disturbing evidence, emotional plaintiffs and even moral suspicions should all be managed in a proper and appropriate manner. READ MORE

  7. 5. Spacing Law and Politics : The constitution and representation of judicial places and juridical spaces in law, literature and political philosophy in works from Greek antiquity to the present

    Author : Leif Dahlberg; Carol Jacobs; Haun Saussy; Yale University (USA); []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The dissertation studies judicial places and juridical spaces, constituted and represented in a variety of media as well as material objects and physical buildings, exploring the inherent spatiality of law, both theoretically and as social practice. The judicial places and juridical spaces analysed in the dissertation have diverse forms and functions and are analysed from different perspectives, allowing for a historical and genealogical understanding of the spacing of law and politics. READ MORE