What would you do if you suddenly found yourself on the wrong side of the law? Or how
would you navigate a trial as a researcher stepping into a courtroom for the first time? And do you
actually know what happens behind those courtroom doors?
The law shapes our everyday lives. But most of us have never set foot
in a courtroom. We have. As researchers, we spend a lot of time
inside European courts. And one thing has become clear: the courtroom is a complex environment to
understand.
Join us inside the courtroom as we explore its intricacies and demystify what truly happens when justice is put into action.
In courtrooms everything that is taken into
consideration must be said. So, if someone speaks a different language
and needs an interpretor to communicate, that adds complexity to the
situation. In this episode we discuss interpretation in the hearing.
Agency is not a legal concept, but it still matters in
the courtroom. In this episode, we ask what challenges this creates
and what agency can help us understand about justice in practice.
Courtrooms are a space saturated with emotions and in
this episode we focus on the many different ways emotions come into
play during court proceedings. We talk about both emotions expected
among defendants and crime victims but also emotions appropriate for
legal professionals.