Legal culture and image in the Brazilian courts
Keywords:
Legal Culture, Image, Court Decision, Brazil, cultura jurídica, imagen, decisión judicial, BrasilAbstract
This article discusses the interpretation of images by Brazilian courts and how the legal culture is part of this process. The use of the image as a means of proof differs qualitatively from the evidence traditionally applied in the judiciary, such as documents or witnesses. The image is characterized by instantaneity, emotionality, and immediacy. In addition, the media allow the construction of different meanings, implicit or explicit. The analysis varies according to the nature of the legal systems. In the adversarial legal system (Anglo-Saxon) the images are submitted to cross-examination and debated orally. In the civil law system, the role of the magistrate is preponderant, being responsible for the images’ validity. The research found that magistrates incorporate the content of their videos into their decisions based on experts’ opinions or witnesses’ testimonials who have viewed the images. This highlights a legal culture that is based on formalism and is ill-prepared to deal with the particularities of the image.
Este artículo debate la interpretación de imágenes en los tribunales de Brasil y cómo la cultura jurídica es parte de ese proceso. El uso de la imagen como medio de prueba difiere cualitativamente de las pruebas que tradicionalmente se han aplicado en el poder judicial, como documentos o testigos. La imagen se caracteriza por la instantaneidad, la emocionalidad y la inmediatez. Por añadidura, los medios permiten la construcción de diferentes significados, implícitos o explícitos. El análisis varía dependiendo de la naturaleza de los sistemas de derecho. En el sistema jurídico adversarial (anglosajón), las imágenes se someten a contraanálisis y se debaten oralmente. En el sistema jurídico civil, el rol del magistrado es preponderante, ya que es responsable de la validez de las imágenes. La investigación halló que los magistrados incorporan el contenido de sus videos en sus decisiones, basándose en opiniones de expertos o declaraciones de testigos que han visto las imágenes. Ello pone de manifiesto una cultura jurídica que se basa en el formalismo y que está mal preparada para lidiar con las particularidades de la imagen.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1275
Downloads
Downloads:
12_6_Riccio_Guedes_OSLS 223
XML_12_6_Riccio_Guedes_OSLS 115
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Vicente Riccio, Clarissa Diniz Guedes
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
OSLS strictly respects intellectual property rights and it is our policy that the author retains copyright, and articles are made available under a Creative Commons licence. The Creative Commons Non-Commercial Attribution No-Derivatives licence is our default licence, further details available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 If this is not acceptable to you, please contact us.
The non-exclusive permission you grant to us includes the rights to disseminate the bibliographic details of the article, including the abstract supplied by you, and to authorise others, including bibliographic databases, indexing and contents alerting services, to copy and communicate these details.
For information on how to share and store your own article at each stage of production from submission to final publication, please read our Self-Archiving and Sharing policy.
The Copyright Notice showing the author and co-authors, and the Creative Commons license will be displayed on the article, and you must agree to this as part of the submission process. Please ensure that all co-authors are properly attributed and that they understand and accept these terms.