Introducing an Interdisciplinary Frontier to Judging, Emotion and Emotion Work

This special issue of Onati Socio-legal Series , titled Judging, Emotion and Emotion Work , is the result of presentations and discussions during an interdisciplinary workshop at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL) held in May 2018. This issue builds on the growing critique of the dispassionate ideal of judicial work, combining original theoretical insights with imaginative empirical analyses to extend the understanding of emotion in judging. Fifteen articles are presented in four themes: Theoretical, cultural and historical perspectives; Tensions of the dispassionate ideal; Social dynamics of emotion in judging; and Research methods, empirical insights and [changing] judicial practice. The international diversity of contributions recognises similarities and differences in the structure and organization of courts and the judiciary, and socio-cultural variations in emotional experience and expression. Este numero de Onati Socio-legal Series , titulado Judging, Emotion and Emotion Work , es el resultado de las exposiciones y debates de un seminario interdisciplinar celebrado en el Instituto Internacional de Sociologia Juridica (IISJ) en mayo de 2018. El numero se basa en la creciente critica del ideal desapasionado del trabajo judicial, combinando perspectivas teoricas originales con analisis empiricos imaginativos, a fin de ampliar la comprension de la emocion en el trabajo judicial. Se presentan quince articulos en cuatro temas: Perspectivas teoricas, culturales e historicas; Tensiones del ideal desapasionado; Dinamicas sociales de la emocion en el trabajo judicial; y Metodos de investigacion, perspectivas empiricas y trabajo judicial [cambiante]. El caracter diverso e internacional de los articulos reconoce similitudes y diferencias en la estructura y organizacion de los juzgados y de la judicatura, y variaciones socioculturales en la experiencia y expresion de la emocion. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1095