The evidence supporting the importance of procedural fairness (PF) in maintaining judicial legitimacy and improving defendant outcomes is significant. PF refers to the idea that courts and other criminal justice
Legal training tends to emphasize a set of criteria for evaluating fairness that differs in some notable respects from those the public uses when deciding what is fair and what
The implementation of Community Courts demonstrate how courts and individual judges can signal to the general public that they are respectful, neutral, careful listeners, and caring decision-makers, thus satisfying the four elements of procedural justice.
(Click on the above arrow to listen to the audio.) Professor David Wexler talks about Therapeutic Jurisprudence In this episode, Justice Speaks turns to the field of Therapeutic Jurisprudence, where
The core of being an effective trial court judge is to be a judge who has insight and can effectively manage her or his own emotions as well as the emotions of the others in the courtroom.
Written by Judge Brian MacKenzie (Ret.) and Judge Kevin Burke (Ret.) There are cases where everyone in the courtroom knows that a litigant or witness has suffered a traumatic injury.