Two tiers of judicial officers

Autores/as

  • Jill Hunter UNSW

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl.1755

Palabras clave:

trabajo de los jueces, magistrados, afrontamiento, "sobrecarga emocional tóxica"

Resumen

En este artículo reflexiono sobre la concepción, la metodología y los resultados de un estudio sobre la salud psicológica de los funcionarios judiciales realizado por un equipo formado por dos investigadores/as en psicología y dos en derecho. Yo soy uno de los investigadores especializados en derecho. El artículo desvela la inesperada importancia de la jerarquía judicial para quienes ocupan los estrados y los retos éticos que plantean las revelaciones de los jueces sobre su exposición a una degradación y un abuso potencialmente letales. El derecho, y yo, como abogada, consideramos que el proceso de adjudicación está orientado a los resultados. Los jueces son menos visiblemente “humanos” que las partes, los abogados y los testigos. En su lugar, los jueces presentan y ejecutan el derecho. Esta abogada había previsto que las tareas de los jueces de desplegar conocimientos jurídicos a altos niveles, enfrentarse a pruebas gráficas y a críticas públicas injustas de alto nivel serían desencadenantes destacados para invocar el estrés judicial. Mis colegas psicólogos se basaron en la literatura sobre traumas psicológicos que insinúa que, a diferencia de los primeros intervinientes, los jueces son profesionales de alto rendimiento que ejercen su autoridad en entornos complejos, muy visibles, pero aislantes. Los resultados del estudio fueron sorprendentes, pues echaron por tierra mis expectativas de que las experiencias judiciales fueran relativamente homogéneas. En cambio, demostraron que el impacto y la naturaleza de la exposición de los magistrados al trauma laboral es sui generis.

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Publicado

2023-11-13 — Actualizado el 2023-12-20

Cómo citar

Hunter, J. (2023) «Two tiers of judicial officers», Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 13(S1), pp. S252-S277. doi: 10.35295/osls.iisl.1755.