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).

我的研究调查了替补席上的性别权力关系是否会在法官之间产生男性容易发生的压迫，这表现为未能倾听和看不见的障碍，对女性声音，这可能会对决策过程中的公平产生负面影响。我的假设是我的压迫源于我在巴西司法系统中工作的经验，但是现在需要进行系统的研究才能正确测试这一点。我的目标是探索上诉法院的权力关系，以了解法官混合席位之间是否有性别压迫，以及它如何运作和影响决策过程中的公平性。通过这样做，我将重新评估，产生和重新构架公平。我借鉴了福柯关于权力关系的理论和对压迫的女权主义观点（Foucault 1980; Bartlet 1998; Young 1990）探索这些互动。通过分析法院中的话语和动态（Gee，2014年），权力关系（Kvale and Brinkmann 2009; Munro 2007）和法官的经验（Braun and Clarke，2013年，这项研究将提供一个原始的，深入的说明巴西法院在实践中如何运作（Genn，1999年）。这是IT的第一个研究。巴西的上诉法院，包括圣保罗，里约热内卢，米纳斯·格拉斯和埃斯佩利托·圣托国家，这些法院的比例是我的研究范围从9％到34％。通过以下方法在巴西进行公正的审判：对法官和司法助理的半结构化访谈补充的法院判决的分析旨在实现法官在日常法院日常工作中的详细情况（Genn，1999年）。