Right to a fair trial in Brazilian Appellate Courts: A Perspective through the lens of Feminist Theory

在巴西上诉法院获得公平审判的权利：女权主义理论的视角

• 批准号: 2594685
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2594685
• 关键词: Right; fair; trial; Brazilian; Appellate

My research investigates whether gender power relations on the Bench produce male-prone oppression among judges - manifested by a failure to listen, and invisible obstacles, to female voices - that can negatively affect fairness in the decision-making process. My hypothesis that there is such oppression stems from my experience of working within the Brazilian judicial system, but systematic research is now needed in order to test this properly. I aim to explore the power relations in appellate courts in order to understand whether there is gender oppression amongst mixed benches of judges and how it operates and affects the fairness in the decision-making process. In doing so, I will reassess, engender, and reframe fairness. I draw on Foucault's theory on power relations and a feminist perspective on oppression (Foucault 1980; Bartlet 1998; Young 1990) to explore these interactions. By analysing discourse and dynamics in courts (Gee, 2014), power relations (Kvale and Brinkmann 2009; Munro 2007), and judges' experiences (Braun and Clarke, 2013, this research will provide an original, in-depth account of how Brazilian courts operate in practice (Genn, 1999). It is the first empirical study of the issue.The research is empirically grounded. I focus on South-eastern Brazilian appellate courts, which includes Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo States. The proportion of female judges in those courts is low, ranging from 9% to 34%. My research combines a theoretical doctrinal analysis of what it means to engender a right to a fair trial with mixed-research methods. The mixed-research methods will be used to investigate the impact of gender in the right to a fair trial in Brazil through the following approaches: analysis of courts' decisions supplemented by semi-structured interviews with judges and judicial assistants. This combination aims to achieve a detailed picture of the judges' interaction in the everyday routine of courts (Genn, 1999).

我的研究调查是否性别权力关系在法官中产生男性倾向的压迫-表现为未能倾听，无形的障碍，女性的声音-这可能会对决策过程中的公平产生负面影响。我之所以假设存在这种压迫，是因为我在巴西司法系统内工作的经验，但现在需要进行系统的研究，以适当地检验这一点。我的目标是探讨上诉法院的权力关系，以了解是否有性别压迫之间的混合法官席，以及它如何运作，并影响决策过程中的公平性。在这样做的过程中，我将重新评估，产生和重新构建公平。我借鉴福柯关于权力关系的理论和女权主义关于压迫的观点（福柯1980; Bartlet 1998; Young 1990）来探索这些互动。通过分析法院的话语和动态（Gee，2014年）、权力关系（Kvale和Brinkmann，2009年; Munro，2007年）以及法官的经验（Braun和Clarke，2013年），这项研究将对巴西法院在实践中如何运作提供一个原创的、深入的描述（Genn，1999年）。本文是对这一问题的第一次实证研究。我侧重于巴西东南部的上诉法院，其中包括圣保罗、里约热内卢、米纳斯吉拉斯和圣埃斯皮里托州。这些法院的女法官比例很低，从9%到34%不等。我的研究结合了一个理论学说分析，它意味着什么，以混合研究方法产生一个公平审判的权利。将采用混合研究方法，通过以下方式调查性别对巴西公平审判权的影响：分析法院的裁决，辅之以与法官和司法助理的半结构化访谈。这种结合旨在详细了解法官在法院日常工作中的互动情况（Genn，1999年）。