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This blog is a first in a series of three, over the coming weeks, in which we will explore how an understanding of the impacts of childhood trauma can improve the effectiveness of judges and court programs. Magistrate Pauline Spencer writes... The wonderful thing about Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ) is that it invites us to draw … Continue reading ACES: Deepening Therapeutic Jurisprudence Practice in Courts
Guest blogger Professor David Yamada writes... Here in the U.S., I sometimes struggle over how to reconcile my everyday work with the ongoing existential threat that we face in our public sphere, generating from Washington D.C. How can my little niche of the world matter when every day brings multiple ghastly, distressing headlines (or tweets)? … Continue reading Therapeutic Jurisprudence: A Response to Denial of Human Dignity in Public Policy
Magistrate Pauline Spencer (Victoria, Australia) writes.... With the emergence of technology and pressures on prison/court transportation, the use of video links between prisons and courts are becoming more commonplace. Studies have shown that video links impact on people's experience of the justice system. In University of Sydney's Law School Dr Carolyn McKay's qualitative interviews : Prisoners … Continue reading Prison/Court Video Links: Tips for Judges (TJ Court Craft Series #13)
TJ is a lens that can be applied to any area of the law, this week Guest Blogger Femke Wijdekop continues our exploration of environmental law... The Scottish law firm Living Law recently published a report, Giving Nature a Voice – Granting Nature Legal Rights, analyzing legal developments to recognize rights of nature in the jurisdictions … Continue reading Advancing Rights of Nature through Restorative Justice
The legal philosophy of therapeutic jurisprudence - how the law and legal processes can innovate to improve the wellbeing of people and communities - is a interdisciplinary approach that can be applied in all areas of the law. Over the coming two weeks, we will explore how TJ thinking can be used to improve … Continue reading Environmental Psychology & Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Rethinking Environmental Courts and Tribunals
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