A Gramscian Approach to Studying the Judicial Decision-Making Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6052547 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pablo Ciocchini (0000-0003-4465-7891, corresponding author), Stéfanie Khoury (0000-0002-0029-9802, Centre for Social Justice) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-90 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1205-8629 • E-ISSN: 1572-9877 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10612-017-9377-4 |
| OpenAlex | W2766243343 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 30 |
This paper applies a Gramscian analytical framework to scrutinise the judicial decision-making process. Based on two distinct research projects, the article explores how, on one hand judges in criminal courts can be identified as part of the bureaucratic machinery of the state, as ‘technicians of repression’; whereas, on the other hand, human rights judges can be distinguished as providing ‘moral and intellectual leadership’ in their production and reproduction of certain values. Some of the key questions this article seeks to answer are: What is the role of hegemony in the judicial decision-making process? To what extent are legal actors both ‘technicians of repression’ and ‘moral and intellectual leaders’? This paper uses examples from empirical research conducted at courts in Argentina and at the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights to identify and explore this dual role of judges as both repressive technicians and moral and intellectual leaders in neo-liberal capitalist societies
Bureaucracy · Hegemony · Human rights · Judicial opinion · Law and economics · Political science · Reproduction · Sociology · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |