Judges, Decision Making and Empathy - Insights From the Bench

This book presents empirical research uncovering the views and experiences of Polish judges regarding the utilization of empathy in their work. It offers an in-depth examination of judges' opinions, collected through an empirical study involving in-depth interviews.

List of contents

Introduction: Filling in a Partial Image of Empathy in Judging; 1. Empathy in the Legal Context: Advances and Gaps in Current Research; 2. Methodology, Study Context, And Challenges; 3. Judges and the Struggle to Understand Empathy; 4. Extracting the role and place of empathy in judicial decision-making: The judge's perspective; 5. Empathy and Impartiality: "Friends" or "Foes"? 6. Developing Judicial Empathy Through Training Methods: A Psychological Perspective; Conclusion

About the author

Mateusz St¿pie¿ is Professor at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, and Head of the Department of Sociology of Law.
Ewa Wilczek-Rüyczka is Professor at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, and Dean of the Faculty of Psychology, Pedagogy, and Humanities.

Product details

• Authors: Mateusz Wilczek-Ruzyczka Stepien, Mateusz Stępień, Ewa Wilczek-Rużyczka
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032902135
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3290213-5
• No. of pages: 154
• Series: Routledge Research in Legal Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, LAW / General, LAW / Courts, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Legal Profession, LAW / Comparative, Organizational theory & behaviour, Social, group or collective psychology, Social Law, Organizational theory and behaviour, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Social law and Medical law