Observing justice

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA DEL DIRITTO
Author/s Vázquez Angélica Cuéllar
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2014/1
Language Spanish Pages 14 P. 189-202 File size 127 KB
DOI 10.3280/SD2014-001009
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The article first analyses how penal decisions are reached in Mexico City, starting from empirical investigations which show that it is the public prosecutor who sets the tone. These studies also show an elevated index of accusatory sentences. The article then goes on to present an empirical investigation based on interviews with judges in the Mexican city of Puebla. These interviews are analyzed to determine how judges perceive the law and the production of sentences. Based on their judicial awareness, the judges state that when they apply the law and judicial techniques a sentence brings about order and justice.

Keywords: Justice - Objectivity - Impartiality - Judicial field - Judicial awareness - Available store of knowledge - Symbolic violence

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Vázquez Angélica Cuéllar, observar la justicia in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL DIRITTO " 1/2014, pp 189-202, DOI: 10.3280/SD2014-001009