Accessing court files as a feminist endeavour: Reflections on the Feminist Judgments Project Aotearoa: Te Rino, the two-stranded rope

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dc.contributor.authorMcDonald E
dc.contributor.authorBenton-Greig P
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-13T23:12:12Z
dc.date.available2019-03-13T23:12:12Z
dc.date.issued2018en
dc.date.updated2019-02-03T00:19:24Z
dc.description.abstractIn 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
dc.identifier.issn2079-5971
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/16567
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.urihttp://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1104en
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Unported License.en
dc.subjectFeminist methodologyen
dc.subjectfeminist judgmentsen
dc.subjectrape trial processen
dc.subjectaccess to court recordsen
dc.subjectrape mythologyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::48 - Law and legal studies::4805 - Legal systems::480504 - Legal institutions (incl. courts and justice systems)en
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::48 - Law and legal studies::4805 - Legal systems::480505 - Legal practice, lawyering and the legal professionen
dc.titleAccessing court files as a feminist endeavour: Reflections on the Feminist Judgments Project Aotearoa: Te Rino, the two-stranded ropeen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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