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Judicial Ethics, Everyday Work, and Emotion Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2022

Sharyn Roach Anleu ,
Kathy Mack ,
Jennifer Elek  and
David Rottman
Sharyn Roach Anleu*
Affiliation:
Flinders University
Kathy Mack
Affiliation:
Flinders University
Jennifer Elek
Affiliation:
National Center for State Courts
David Rottman
Affiliation:
National Center for State Courts
*
Contact the corresponding author, Sharyn Roach Anleu, at judicial.research@flinders.edu.au.
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Abstract

Judicial ethics and conduct guides emphasize dignity, decorum, patience, and courtesy, contributing to an understanding of judging as rational, detached, and unemotional. However, these are also interactional capacities, implying the presence of emotion and emotion work. Empirical research finds that judicial officers express considerable awareness of the need for judicial emotional capacities and emotion work and undertake a range of strategies to manage emotion. This judicial experience shows that available guidance does not adequately address emotion in judicial officers’ everyday work. Improved guidance will explicitly recognize judicial work as an interactional space, generating emotion and demanding emotion work.

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Research Article
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Journal of Law and Courts , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , Spring 2020 , pp. 127 - 150
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© 2020 by Law and Courts Organized Section of the American Political Science Association. All rights reserved.

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Footnotes

We appreciate funding, financial, and other support from the Australian Research Council (LP0210306, LP0669168, DP0665198, DP1096888, DP150103663), Flinders University, and the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration, the Association of Australian Magistrates, and many courts and their judicial officers. We are grateful to several research and administrative assistants, especially to Rhiannon Davies, Colleen deLaine, Jordan Tutton, and Rae Wood. All phases of this research involving human subjects were approved by the Flinders University Social and Behavioural Research Ethics Committee. For further information on the Judicial Research Project and Flinders University, see http://www.flinders.edu.au/law/judicialresearch.

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