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- “Clemency”, the movie, delivers a powerful therapeutic jurisprudence relevant message about the death penalty in America
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- Can a therapeutic jurisprudence approach improve Australian parole systems?
- Judicial conciliation in a ‘therapeutic key’ in Italy
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Category Archives: TJ for the Judiciary
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST RESEARCH MEASURING JUDICIAL STRESS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND THE COURTS?
The legal philosophy of Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ) invites us to examine how laws, legal processes and the roles of legal actors may be undertaken in a way to maximise wellbeing. We often reflect on the wellbeing of people coming before … Continue reading
Therapeutic Jurisprudence as an anti-bias tool in courtrooms
In this blog, Professor Vicki Lens of the Silberman School of Social Work, The City University of New York, explores dependency courts and the intersection of race, gender and class and how TJ principles can be used to reduce bias … Continue reading
Posted in child protection, family law, mainstreaming TJ, TJ for the Judiciary, TJ in action
Tagged anti-bias, bias, child neglect, child protection, class, courts, dependency courts, gender, intersectionality, judges, Law, participation, race, respect, therapeutic jurisprudence, TJ, voice
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The Power of Compassion in the Court: Healing on both sides of the bench (TJ Court Craft Series #15)
Judge Jamey Hueston (retired), Co-Convenor of the Judicial Outreach Group of the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence writes… It is an occupational reality that judges are frequently exposed to disturbing cases involving human misery and anguishing circumstances that can wear on their psyche. Traditional Legal culture expects judges to remain stoically … Continue reading
Restorative practices to further therapeutic jurisprudence in Family Courts (An Amicus Justitia Brief)
Magistrate Gabriela McKellar writes… I am a magistrate in a Family Court in Cape Town South Africa, and I am interested in how to ensure a more consistent practice of Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Family Courts.
TJ, the Singapore Sentencing Conference, and Beyond
Professor David B. Wexler writes… As we enter the year 2018, it is exciting to look back over the last year to see the important therapeutic jurisprudence activities and developments in various locales across the globe—including Prague, where , in … Continue reading
Join the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence!
The International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence’s website has gone public and you can now join as a member. Regular membership is $25, and student memberships are free. By joining the ISTJ, you will be able to: Participate and share your profile … Continue reading
Posted in Introduction to TJ, Judiciary_Court Craft Series, TJ for Lawyers, TJ for teachers, TJ for the Judiciary, worldwide TJ community news
Tagged courts, interdisciplinary, International Society for Therapeutic Juirsprudence, ISTJ, judges, judicial, Law, lawyers, therapeutic jurisprudence, TJ, TJ therapeutic jurisprudence
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Exporting Drug Court Concepts to Traditional Court (TJ Court Craft Series #10)
Judge Jamey Hueston (Retired) writes… On any given day, in courtrooms across the world, judges witness the unfortunate consequences of drug abuse reflected by some offenders who are in court “nodding out” from a “heroin high” while waiting for their … Continue reading
Posted in courts, Criminal Justice, evidence informed practice, Judiciary_Court Craft Series, mainstreaming TJ, sentencing, TJ for the Judiciary
Tagged courts, criminal courts, Criminal Justice, criminal justice reform, drug court, drugs, Jamey Hueston, Judge Burke, Judge Jamey Hueston, judges, judicial officers, judiciary, Kevin Burke, mainstream courts, mental health, therapeutic jurisprudence, TJ
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A pro forma expungement proceeding: A lost therapeutic opportunity?
Professor David Wexler writes… I recently learned of a very pro forma—but successful—felony expungement proceeding, a proceeding that puts into sharp focus the difference between the Therapeutic Design of the Law (TDL) and the Therapeutic Application of the Law (TAL). … Continue reading
Therapeutic jurisprudence: Reforming the law in Pakistan
In a new article Judge Amir Munir, a Judge in the Punjab and an Instructor at the Punjab Judicial Academy, explores how therapeutic jurisprudence has inspired legal system reform in Pakistan.
What judicial officers say about youth justice…
Interviews with Children’s Court magistrates in New South Wales, Australia, provide a rare insight into the views of those working everyday at the coal face of youth justice…
