David Wexler shares his ideas for furthering both the therapeutic design of the law and the therapeutic application of the law. Download David Wexler's article here. Interested in TJ? This article is a chapter in a soon to be released book entitled Essays on Therapeutic Jurisprudence in New Zealand (Warren Brookbanks ed., 2015 Forthcoming). Register … Continue reading Moving Forward on Mainstreaming Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Mainstream TJ article and legal studies guide now available!
Recently published in the The Alternative Law Journal, "From alternative to the new normal: Therapeutic jurisprudence in the Mainstream" analyses the TJ potential of the existing sentencing law and legal processes in Victoria (Australia) including the potential for judicial supervision during bail, pre-sentence and post sentence. The paper proposes some areas for potential reform including victim/offender restorative justice, justice reinvestment and expansion of court … Continue reading Mainstream TJ article and legal studies guide now available!
New article: TJ in mainstream criminal justice
In the latest edition of The Alternative Law Journal, Victorian Magistrate Pauline Spencer, explores how therapeutic jurisprudence can provide a way of thinking about how to make our laws and legal systems more humane, just and effective. "From alternative to the new normal: Therapeutic jurisprudence in the Mainstream", explores recent developments in therapeutic jurisprudence and, … Continue reading New article: TJ in mainstream criminal justice
Problem tenants, Therapeutic Jurisprudence and mainstream housing courts
In this blog Michel Vols discusses his project in which TJ-principles and techniques are used in cases concerning nuisance behaviour that are dealt with by mainstream housing courts in the Netherlands. Quality of life offences and housing related anti-social behavior such as noise nuisance, harassment, hoarding, the cultivation of cannabis and small-scale drug dealing can … Continue reading Problem tenants, Therapeutic Jurisprudence and mainstream housing courts
Wine & Bottles: A metaphor & a methodology for mainstreaming TJ, by David Wexler
In this new Blog, we hope to include very short pieces relating to the “mainstreaming” of therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) — that is, the use of TJ principles, practices, and techniques in the “ordinary” legal system, particularly in the criminal law context. When we speak of using TJ in the “ordinary” system, we do not mean … Continue reading Wine & Bottles: A metaphor & a methodology for mainstreaming TJ, by David Wexler
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