Therapeutic jurisprudence (hereafter TJ) is the study of the law as a therapeutic agent. TJ focuses on the law´s impact on emotional life and on psychological well-being. TJ humanize the law and the legal process with emotional aspects. TJ is a perspective that regards the law as a social force that creates behaviors and effects. These effects fall within the realm of TJ which goals is to give the law more value through justice and due process.
The concept of therapeutic jurisprudence
TJ is an interdisciplinary study of law and its effect on psychological wellbeing. TJ proposes law directed where appropriate, at decreasing negative effects and promoting positive effects on wellbeing. Although TJ was formulated in the United States is …show more content…
TJ is not only a field of intellectual discourse it has practical implication in the daily work of judiciary, lawyers, legal educators and science professionals. The behavior of lawyers, judges and other actors in the legal system affect how offenders and victims comply with the conditions of a trail. If a judge is not completely clear in communicating a condition of probation to the offender, the offender may not comply with the probationary terms because he or she never understood what she or he was expressed to do. The behavior of the judge can therefor affect whether someone complies .
The work of the legal professionals has contributed to the development of TJ and reduced the understanding of its principles in legal practice and other professionals associated with justice system. TJ has likewise changed the structure in courts and legal practice in a rising number of …show more content…
It is therefor a key approach of TJ to refer from the behavioural sciences in areas such as compliance with authority and comprehending practices that courts, lawyers and the justice system can use to endorse a more therapeutic outcome from the law and its professionals.
However TJ has some disadvantages because people do not respond well when they a told what to do, unless they see the merit in achieving a particular goal. But by involving people in the decision- making it can provide motivation and bring a degree of commitment that mobiles the facilitate goal achievement. However under particular circumstances TJ can promote therapeutic effects and justice system outcomes. According to TJ the therapeutic implications should be a factor to be considered in all parts of the judging and legal practice and not only in particular situations.
Though it is important to highlight that TJ is not a theory or a critique of the legal system. TJ simply suggest that we practice and explore the consequence of law and its process on the physical wellbeing of those affected. TJ assumes that negative effects on wellbeing are bad and positive effects are good. However the challenge for TJ is to remain from specialist applications such as solution-focused courts into mainstream legal education and
The concept of therapeutic jurisprudence
TJ is an interdisciplinary study of law and its effect on psychological wellbeing. TJ proposes law directed where appropriate, at decreasing negative effects and promoting positive effects on wellbeing. Although TJ was formulated in the United States is …show more content…
TJ is not only a field of intellectual discourse it has practical implication in the daily work of judiciary, lawyers, legal educators and science professionals. The behavior of lawyers, judges and other actors in the legal system affect how offenders and victims comply with the conditions of a trail. If a judge is not completely clear in communicating a condition of probation to the offender, the offender may not comply with the probationary terms because he or she never understood what she or he was expressed to do. The behavior of the judge can therefor affect whether someone complies .
The work of the legal professionals has contributed to the development of TJ and reduced the understanding of its principles in legal practice and other professionals associated with justice system. TJ has likewise changed the structure in courts and legal practice in a rising number of …show more content…
It is therefor a key approach of TJ to refer from the behavioural sciences in areas such as compliance with authority and comprehending practices that courts, lawyers and the justice system can use to endorse a more therapeutic outcome from the law and its professionals.
However TJ has some disadvantages because people do not respond well when they a told what to do, unless they see the merit in achieving a particular goal. But by involving people in the decision- making it can provide motivation and bring a degree of commitment that mobiles the facilitate goal achievement. However under particular circumstances TJ can promote therapeutic effects and justice system outcomes. According to TJ the therapeutic implications should be a factor to be considered in all parts of the judging and legal practice and not only in particular situations.
Though it is important to highlight that TJ is not a theory or a critique of the legal system. TJ simply suggest that we practice and explore the consequence of law and its process on the physical wellbeing of those affected. TJ assumes that negative effects on wellbeing are bad and positive effects are good. However the challenge for TJ is to remain from specialist applications such as solution-focused courts into mainstream legal education and