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Article: Judges, Conflict, and the Past

TitleJudges, Conflict, and the Past
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Issue Date2015
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Journal of Law and Society, 2015, v. 42, n. 4, p. 528-555 How to Cite?
Abstract© 2015 Cardiff University Law School. Drawing upon interviews with senior judicial figures in Northern Ireland, South Africa and elsewhere, this article considers the role of the judiciary in a political conflict. Using the socio-legal literature on judicial performance and audience as well as transitional justice scholarship, the article argues that judges in Northern Ireland 'performed' to a number of 'imagined' audiences including Parliament, 'the public', and their judicial peers - all of which shaped their view of the judicial role. In light of ongoing efforts to deal with the past in the jurisdiction, and the experiences of other transitional societies, the article argues that the judiciary can and should engage in a mature, reflexive and, where appropriate, self-critical examination of the good and bad of their own institutional history during the conflict. It also argues that such a review of judicial performance requires an external audience in order to encourage the judiciary to see truth beyond the limits of legalism.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/244212
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.255
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dc.contributor.authorMcEvoy, Kieran-
dc.contributor.authorSchwartz, Alex-
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-31T08:56:21Z-
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dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Law and Society, 2015, v. 42, n. 4, p. 528-555-
dc.identifier.issn0263-323X-
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dc.description.abstract© 2015 Cardiff University Law School. Drawing upon interviews with senior judicial figures in Northern Ireland, South Africa and elsewhere, this article considers the role of the judiciary in a political conflict. Using the socio-legal literature on judicial performance and audience as well as transitional justice scholarship, the article argues that judges in Northern Ireland 'performed' to a number of 'imagined' audiences including Parliament, 'the public', and their judicial peers - all of which shaped their view of the judicial role. In light of ongoing efforts to deal with the past in the jurisdiction, and the experiences of other transitional societies, the article argues that the judiciary can and should engage in a mature, reflexive and, where appropriate, self-critical examination of the good and bad of their own institutional history during the conflict. It also argues that such a review of judicial performance requires an external audience in order to encourage the judiciary to see truth beyond the limits of legalism.-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-6478.2015.00724.x-
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