Do Judges Obstruct the Legislative Reform to Combat Honor Violence? Understanding the Judiciary's Role in Perpetuating Honor Violence in the West Bank

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ID12282657
AutoresAyah Omran-Randall (0000-0003-4984-7096, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, autor correspondente)
Ano2025
Volume35
Fascículo2
Páginas234-254
Data de publicação2025-05-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial & Legal Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0964-6639 • E-ISSN: 1461-7390
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/09646639251339115
OpenAlexW4410806063
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas41

The prevailing literature depicts judges as traditionalists hindering progressive legislative changes to address honor violence. This study examines judges’ perceptions of their roles within the criminal justice system, focusing on judicial attitudes in the West Bank. It evaluates these attitudes through certain factors: the punitive policy of Penal Code No. (16) of 1960, particularly its gender-biased provisions on sexual crimes and judges’ views on Article 340; judges’ awareness of the sociopolitical context of the West Bank and its relevance to honor violence; and their opinions on the Palestinian Authority's legislative reform efforts. The empirical analysis of Palestinian judges’ attitudes explores whether judicial decision-making follows a formalist, realist, or mixed approach. The study argues that a mixed approach is highly present in the Palestinian judicial processes. Specifically, deliberation often validates intuition, allowing the punitive policy of the Penal Code to guide judges in balancing these elements, thus providing some judges with justification for gender-biased rulings. This impact of the punitive policy reflects that the static judicial stance mirrors the static legislative stance

Criminology · Honor · Law reform · Legislature · Political science · Sociology · International Law and Human Rights · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law, Rights, and Freedoms

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