Therapeutic Jurisprudence (“TJ”) looks at the law and legal systems as potential therapeutic (or anti-therapeutic) agents for the lives of people and communities. Under TJ, the "law" consists of legal rules and procedures as well as the practices and techniques of legal actors (judges, lawyers, therapists and others) working in a legal environment. In the criminal … Continue reading Tips for using therapeutic jurisprudence to improve mainstream criminal courts
2017 therapeutic jurisprudence events not to miss…
Auckland, Sydney, Prague ...2017 is shaping up to be a big year for therapeutic jurisprudence thinkers and practitioners... Auckland - AUT Law School Centre for Non- Adversarial Justice symposia 10-14 March 2017 This event will launch this new Centre and involve: a stock-take of non-adversarial justice jurisprudence an assessment of specialist mental health courts, and a symposium … Continue reading 2017 therapeutic jurisprudence events not to miss…
Holiday therapeutic jurisprudence reading!
Some wonderful TJ articles in the latest edition of the Queensland University of Technology Law Review from a range of internationally recognised TJ scholars. Read some of the latest TJ perspectives on coronial investigations, criminal justice, coercive interventions, family drug treatment courts and mental health. Link here to this TJ edition of the QUT Law … Continue reading Holiday therapeutic jurisprudence reading!
The Trauma of the (Sexual Assault) Trial and its Inhospitable Rituals
In this blog Dr Elaine Craig, Associate Professor Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law, Nova Scotia, Canada reflects on the rituals of criminal trials and explores whether Therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) principles can make inhospitable trials hospitable... Despite decades of progressive law reforms to the criminal law and the rules of evidence, fear of the criminal … Continue reading The Trauma of the (Sexual Assault) Trial and its Inhospitable Rituals
News from the 3rd Iberoamerican Therapeutic Jurisprudence Congress
In June Santiago de Compostela in Spain was host to the Iberoamerican Congress of Therapeutic Jurisprudence. Joaquin Lopez reflects on an energising two days... Although I knew of the existence of the Iberoamerican Association of Therapeutic Jurisprudence/La Asociación Iberoamericana de Justicia Terapéutica (AITJ), I attended the Congress knowing none of its 1000 members. Over two days, I … Continue reading News from the 3rd Iberoamerican Therapeutic Jurisprudence Congress
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