Guest blogger Carly Scherver, Judicial Wellbeing Project Advisor, Judicial College of Victoria (Australia) writes... Judicial work is demanding and intense, and carries the potential for both great satisfaction and high stress. Acknowledging the reality of stress and building the capacity to manage it effectively, are important aspects of judging well. This is particularly true for … Continue reading Improving judicial wellbeing – a new online resource
Creating excellent courts
Justice systems can play a role in improving the wellbeing of individuals and the communities they serve. In a recently published article The International Framework for Court Excellence and Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Creating Excellent Courts and Enhancing Wellbeing authors Elizabeth Richardson, Pauline Spencer and David Wexler discuss two tools that can be used to improve court performance … Continue reading Creating excellent courts
Can feedback drive court improvement?
Marie B. Hagsgård explains how a simple but effective feedback project sought to improve the wellbeing of people coming before the Administrative Court in Karlstad, Sweden... The Administrative Court in Karlstad undertakes assessment of whether forensic psychiatric care under the Forensic Psychiatric Care Act (1991:1129), LRV, should cease or continue. This project involved a judge at … Continue reading Can feedback drive court improvement?
Sympathy, Empathy, Psychoanalysis and Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Archie Zariski, Professor of Legal Studies, Athabasca University Canada, writes... The prospect of attending the 2015 International Academy of Law and Mental Health Congress in delightful Vienna tempted me to propose a paper exploring connections between Freudian psychoanalysis and therapeutic jurisprudence. It also afforded an opportunity to continue my reflections on the role of sympathy … Continue reading Sympathy, Empathy, Psychoanalysis and Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Can plea bargaining/criminal settlement processes be therapeutic?
Therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) is a lens through which we can improve the effectiveness of criminal justice systems. TJ invites us to ask - Can we redesign the law itself, can we apply the law in different ways that will improve the wellbeing of people involved in it? Plea bargaining, settlement conferences and other processes that seek … Continue reading Can plea bargaining/criminal settlement processes be therapeutic?
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