Abstract
This study investigates the expressive side of the sentencing hearing in three trials dealing respectively with a charge of battery, of indecent assault and of manslaughter. The communication phases of the sentence have been associated with underlying functions of the judge’s speech and with moments of moralization. The specificity of the case appears in the distancing from the defendant and in the moralizing style of the judges. We discuss the implication of this procedure for the administration of justice and for the defendant.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18352/ijca.131 | Journal eISSN: 2156-7964
Language: English
Page range: 76 - 82
Published on: Jun 19, 2014
Published by: International Association for Court Administration
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2014 Raluca Enescu, Thomas Scheffer, published by International Association for Court Administration
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