Navegando entre narraciones: voces que construyen y socavan la credibilidad en el ámbito jurídico = Navigating between narrations: voices that construct and undermine the credibility of legal discourse

The article argues that judicial narratives, produced in & out of the courtroom in order to represent real-world events, are biased toward presenting the judicial process as being objective, impartial, & trustworthy, while censoring narratives that oppose this bias. Supporting data is provid...

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Autor principal: Cubells Serra, Jenny (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: 2005
En:In: Athenea Digital: Revista de Pensamiento e Investigacion Social (2005), 8, Seite 109-128
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Legal System
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Sumario:The article argues that judicial narratives, produced in & out of the courtroom in order to represent real-world events, are biased toward presenting the judicial process as being objective, impartial, & trustworthy, while censoring narratives that oppose this bias. Supporting data is provided by interviews with professionals in the legal field as well as two former prisoners & their family members. The discussion views the justice system as a form of social practice that does not differ from other social practices, in the sense that the justice system is nothing more than a social construction. This approach has allowed the researchers to demystify the judicial world by locating it within the human sphere, thus stripping the justice system of the quasi-divine character that has been conferred upon it by society.