Judicial Humour and Inter-Professional Relations in the Courtroom

Anleu, Sharyn Roach; Mack, Kathy

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“…Consistent with prior Australian research (Flynn and Freiberg, 2018a; Roach Anleu and Mack, 2001), the legal participants outlined several features of the legal system that can pressure defendants into a guilty plea. This included the certainty of a lesser punishment, particularly if it would allow defendants to avoid imprisonment, lengthy pretrial detention, the financial costs involved in going to trial, as well as the emotional toll involved.…”

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“…These sentiments align with Cheng's (2014) research in Hong Kong, where lawyers distanced themselves from any potential allegations of pressuring clients into a guilty plea by emphasizing their role as advisors and acting on instructions. In Australia, Roach Anleu and Mack (2001: 166) have also argued that an assertion of choice and defendant autonomy can “absolve the defence lawyer from taking direct responsibility for the defendant's decision to plead guilty.” For instance, Legal Aid D insisted that defendants voluntarily plead guilty despite viewing it as their “only real choice,” signaling a disconnect between what legal actors and accused persons perceive as a free decision:I’ve never forced a client to plead guilty … if I’ve ever asked a client, ‘what do you want to do?,’ and they say, ‘well, I have no choice,’ … nine times out of ten they’ll turn … around and say, ‘oh, yeah, sorry, I know I do, but really, considering all the circumstances, in my mind, I don’t think I have a choice. You know, the only real choice is this.’ (Legal Aid D)…”

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Efficiency Over Accuracy?: Exploring Front-Line Practitioners’ Experiences and Opinions on the “Guilty Plea System”

Nash,

Dioso-Villa,

Porter

2023

Social & Legal Studies

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While most criminal cases are resolved by a guilty plea, little empirical research has examined guilty plea wrongful convictions. This study explored this issue through semistructured interviews with 27 legal professionals in Queensland, Australia ( n = 16 defense lawyers; n = 7 prosecutors; n = 4 magistrates). Driven by a systems and organizational perspective, we conducted a thematic analysis exploring the structural and organizational features that may systematically contribute to erroneous guilty plea convictions. We found an overarching emphasis on efficiency and pressure to quickly resolve cases, coupled with practical constraints impeding legal professionals from ensuring guilty pleas are appropriate and accurate. There was also a general acceptance of false guilty pleas through the justification of “choice,” legitimized by the authoritative precedent set by Meissner v R (1995). The findings indicate the routine nature of erroneous guilty plea convictions and raise important implications regarding the current validity of a guilty plea, as they do not always reflect actual guilt.

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Efficiency Over Accuracy?: Exploring Front-Line Practitioners’ Experiences and Opinions on the “Guilty Plea System”

Nash,

Dioso-Villa,

Porter

2023

Social & Legal Studies

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Judges, Judging and Humour

Giappone¹

2020

Comedy Studies

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The Wit of "Judge Rinder"

Moran¹

2019

Oñati Socio-Legal Series

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Judge Rinder is a British reality TV court show. It has much in common with the US archetype Judge Judy. But there are differences. One is Judge Rinder’s humour, and more specifically his wit. Using a research database of Judge Rinder cases. The article examines the nature and effects of humour in this courtroom setting. It explores the role of the judge, the form the humour takes and the interactions and social relations it generates. A distinctive feature of the analysis is consideration of the impact of the audio-visual technologies, and the techniques and conventions developed around them, upon the interactions and social relations the onscreen humour generates with viewers. While the camera aligns the screen audience with the judge and the laughter track infects the audience with emotion the judge generates, the paper cautions against assuming that all viewers have the same emotional experience. Judge Rinder es un reality show judicial británico. Tiene mucho en común con el arquetipo de Judge Judy, de EEUU; pero hay diferencias. Una consiste en el humor del juez Rinder, y, más en concreto, en su ingenio. Utilizando una base de datos de investigación de los casos de Judge Rinder, el artículo analiza la naturaleza y los efectos del humor en ese escenario judicial. Explora el rol del juez, la forma que adquiere el humor y las interacciones y relaciones sociales que éste genera. Una característica distintiva del análisis es la consideración del impacto de las tecnologías audiovisuales, y de las técnicas y convenciones desarrolladas alrededor de aquéllas, sobre las interacciones y las relaciones sociales que el humor televisivo genera en los espectadores. Mientras la cámara alinea a la audiencia con el juez y la risa contagia a la audiencia la emoción generada por el juez, el artículo advierte contra la deducción de que todos los espectadores experimentan una misma emoción.

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Judicial Humour and Inter-Professional Relations in the Courtroom

Cited by 5 publications

References 56 publications

Efficiency Over Accuracy?: Exploring Front-Line Practitioners’ Experiences and Opinions on the “Guilty Plea System”

Efficiency Over Accuracy?: Exploring Front-Line Practitioners’ Experiences and Opinions on the “Guilty Plea System”

Judges, Judging and Humour

The Wit of "Judge Rinder"

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