Leaving Emotion Out: Litigants in Person and Emotion in New Zealand Civil Courts

Bridgette Toy-Cronin

doi:10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1034

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Bridgette Toy-Cronin University of Otago, New Zealand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1034

Palabras clave:

emociones, juzgar, litigantes en persona, litigantes autorrepresentados, justicia civil

Resumen

Los litigantes autorrepresentados de Nueva Zelanda reciben el mensaje de que las emociones deben “quedarse fuera” del juzgado. Se trata de un objetivo imposible de lograr. Utilizando material de dos estudios empíricos, este artículo argumenta que la exhortación a desprenderse de las emociones tiene muchas capas, referidas a comportarse y pensar como un abogado, incluyendo la atención dada a los elementos comerciales o transaccionales de una disputa más que a otros aspectos importantes para los litigantes. Las partes que se representan a sí mismas no pueden cumplir ese mandato, y su sentido de justicia procedimental puede verse reducida y resultar en la omisión de material jurídicamente relevante. Los jueces pueden permitir a los autorrepresentados explicar aspectos de la disputa que les parecen destacables. Debemos considerar cómo los juzgados de lo civil pueden dejar que los litigantes cuenten historias en lugar de centrarse sólo en los aspectos comerciales o transaccionales.

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Biografía del autor/a

Bridgette Toy-Cronin, University of Otago, New Zealand

Director of the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre and a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Otago, New Zealand.

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