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    Accessing court files as a feminist endeavour: Reflections on ‘Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa - Te Rino: A Two-Stranded Rope’ (2018)

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    https://hdl.handle.net/10092/101266
    
    Publisher's DOI/URI
    http://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-0997
    
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    Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
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    2079-5971
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    Authors
    McDonald E
    Benton-Greig P
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    Abstract

    In this piece, we reflect on the significance of accessing court records for feminist endeavours. We discuss two examples that illustrate the value of accessing and critiquing court processes. Feminist judgment writing, as a feminist endeavour, demonstrates the significance of hearing women’s stories as well as the importance of nuanced factual analysis that takes account of the lived experiences of women. Access to the court file in one of the rewritten judgments exposed missing relevant facts in the appellate decision, and demonstrates how the appellant’s story was never fully reflected in the judgment or verdict. In our rape trial research, access to court records makes visible the complainant’s evidence and the response of the judge to her as a person. It also allows inquiry as to how the rules of evidence enacted for the protection of the complainant, such as non-disclosure of their occupation, are actually working in practice.

    En este artículo, reflexionamos sobre el significado de acceder a archivos judiciales para objetivos feministas. Comentamos dos ejemplos que ilustran el valor de acceder a esos archivos y de criticar procesos judiciales. La redacción feminista de decisiones judiciales demuestra la importancia de escuchar los relatos de las mujeres, así como del análisis matizado de hechos que toma en consideración el relato de la experiencia vivida por las mujeres. En uno de los fallos reescritos, el acceso al archivo judicial puso de manifiesto hechos relevantes ausentes en la decisión en apelación, y cómo el relato de la recurrente nunca llegó a reflejarse del todo en la sentencia. En nuestra investigación sobre juicios por violación, el acceso a los archivos hace visibles las pruebas de la denunciante y la respuesta que, como persona, le dio el juez. También permite cuestionar cómo se lleva a la práctica el reglamento probatorio dictado para proteger a la denunciante, como la no revelación de su profesión.

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    McDonald E, Benton-Greig P (2018). Accessing court files as a feminist endeavour: Reflections on ‘Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa - Te Rino: A Two-Stranded Rope’. Oñati Socio-Legal Series. 8(9). 1241-1258.
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    Keywords
    Feminist methodology; feminist judgments; rape trial process; access to court records; rape mythology
    ANZSRC Fields of Research
    44 - Human society::4402 - Criminology::440203 - Courts and sentencing
    44 - Human society::4402 - Criminology::440209 - Gender and crime
    48 - Law and legal studies::4804 - Law in context::480407 - Law, gender and sexuality (incl. feminist legal scholarship)
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651

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