'Telling tales': exploring narratives of life and law within the (mock) jury room
'Telling tales': exploring narratives of life and law within the (mock) jury room
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“讲故事”：在（模拟）陪审团室内探索生活和法律的叙述
DOI：
10.1111/lest.12051
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发表时间：
2018
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0.7
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Ellison L
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作者：
Ellison L
基于一项模拟研究的结果，其中160名公众观察了一个小型强奸案的审判重演，然后被要求在陪审团小组对一个一致的判决进行审议，本文探讨了参与者能够在何种程度上，并愿意理解和应用司法指示，以及其中所载的法律的测试或标准。更具体地说，它反映了在陪审团会议室额外提供书面指示是否影响了陪审员讨论的语气或方向，并说明了参与者对其内容的有限追索权，以及他们在依赖这些内容时误解或误用这些内容的倾向。这样做后，本文继续探讨这种有限的影响背后的原因，表明根本的紧张关系之间可能存在的法律的和外行陪审员，陪审员不愿意放弃他们更自然的倾向，以达到个人和集体的判决的基础上，叙事结构接地“常识”和“个人经验”。
Based on a findings of a simulation study in which 160 members of the public observed a mini rape trial re-enactment and were then asked to deliberate in jury groups towards a unanimous verdict, this paper explores the extent to which participants were able, and willing, to understand and apply judicial directions, and the legal tests or criteria contained therein. More specifically, it reflects on whether the additional provision of written directions in the jury room influenced the tone or direction of jurors' discussions, and illustrates the limited recourse made by participants to their contents, as well as their tendency to misinterpret or misapply them when they were relied upon. Having done so, this paper moves on to explore the reasons behind this limited impact, suggesting that fundamental tensions may exist between legal and lay imaginaries, such that jurors are reluctant to jettison their more natural inclinations to reach individual and collective verdicts on the basis of narrative constructions grounded in ‘common sense’ and ‘personal experience’.