The Emotional Interaction of Judicial Objectivity

Stina Bergman Blix; Åsa Wettergren

doi:10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1031

Autores/as

Stina Bergman Blix Uppsala University
Åsa Wettergren University of Gothenburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1031

Palabras clave:

gestión de emociones, empatía, objetividad, imparcialidad, tribunales suecos, profesionales del derecho, señales tácitas

Resumen

Al igual que otros sistemas jurídicos occidentales, el sueco construye la objetividad como un estado del ser no emocional. Argumentamos que la aplicación de la objetividad in situ se apoya en un trabajo de objetividad que incluye la gestión de las emociones y la empatía. Basándonos en entrevistas cualitativas y en observaciones en juzgados de Suecia, analizamos la interacción que se da en el tribunal, destacando señales tácitas y comunicación emocional interprofesional destinada a asegurar procedimientos objetivos, a la vez que a sostener el ideal de objetividad no emotiva. Al separar analíticamente objetividad de imparcialidad, mostramos que las actuaciones objetivas de los jueces suponen un equilibrio entre la sintonía empática y la contención expresiva para defender una presentación imparcial. El requisito de que los profesionales del derecho sean autónomos demanda una sintonía emocional interprofesional. Por tanto, la gestión emocional colaborativa de los profesionales cumple con el ideal de justicia objetiva.

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Biografía del autor/a

Stina Bergman Blix, Uppsala University

Department of Sociology, Associate Professor

Åsa Wettergren, University of Gothenburg

Department of Sociology and Work Science, Professor

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