The Way in Which Fee Reductions Influence Legal Aid Criminal Defence Lawyer Work: Insights from a Qualitative Study
The Way in Which Fee Reductions Influence Legal Aid Criminal Defence Lawyer Work: Insights from a Qualitative Study
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费用减免影响法律援助刑事辩护律师工作的方式：定性研究的见解
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2019
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James Thornton
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作者：
James Thornton
本文探讨了如何降低费用影响刑事辩护律师的工作。从29个定性访谈与英国辩护律师和大律师的数据进行了分析，以了解如何削减由政府支付的刑事法律的援助工作的费用可以影响刑事辩护律师的工作实践。我用博弈论和布迪厄的惯习和场域的概念来构建一个理论结构，说明目前的财政状况使刑事法律的援助律师处于令人反感的地位。我认为，这些条件奖励和鼓励被认为是不良的做法和价值观蓬勃发展的代价是其他问题-如有罪的定罪，无罪释放，公平对待受害者和被告，和纳税人的价值。最后，我认为，刑事法律的援助律师成立失败的目前的财政条件下，他们必须工作。
This article examines how fee reductions influence criminal defence lawyers’ work. Data from 29 qualitative interviews with English defence solicitors and barristers are analysed in order to understand the way in which cuts to fees paid by government for criminal legal aid work can operate to influence criminal defence lawyers’ working practices. I use game theory and Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus and field to build a theoretical construct illustrating the invidious position current financial conditions place criminal legal aid lawyers in. I argue that these conditions reward and encourage perceived poor practices and values to thrive at the expense of other concerns - such as the conviction of the guilty, acquittal of the innocent, fair treatment of both victims and defendants, and value for the taxpayer. Ultimately, I argue that criminal legal aid lawyers are set up to fail by the current financial conditions within which they must work.