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<p>The relationship between the judge and the parties to judicial proceedings must entail communication, including appropriate reactions, during the proceedings and be balanced and respectful, despite different views being held. Irrespective of a judge disagreeing with the parties and any actions by the parties in breach of the law, the judge is supposed to provide the parties with a genuine sense of respect. Judges thereby help realise the human dignity of the individuals involved in judicial proceedings. However, the abstract nature of the concept of human dignity means empirical research on the realisation of human dignity remains modest at the scientific level. This article builds a research framework for researching the ways in which the human dignity of an individual (more specifically, the accused person) is realised in the vertical relationships (judicial authority–individual) during criminal proceedings. In this respect, the article opens the door for future empirical research on the realisation of human dignity.</p>
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The relationship between the judge and the parties to judicial proceedings must entail communication, including appropriate reactions, during the proceedings and be balanced and respectful, despite different views being held. Irrespective of a judge disagreeing with the parties and any actions by the parties in breach of the law, the judge is supposed to provide the parties with a genuine sense of respect. Judges thereby help realise the human dignity of the individuals involved in judicial proceedings. However, the abstract nature of the concept of human dignity means empirical research on the realisation of human dignity remains modest at the scientific level. This article builds a research framework for researching the ways in which the human dignity of an individual (more specifically, the accused person) is realised in the vertical relationships (judicial authority–individual) during criminal proceedings. In this respect, the article opens the door for future empirical research on the realisation of human dignity.

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Building a Qualitative Research Framework for Researching How Human Dignity is Realised in Judicial Proceedings

The relationship between the judge and the parties to judicial proceedings must entail communication, including appropriate reactions, during the proceedings...

Building a Qualitative Research Framework for Researching How Human Dignity is Realised in Judicial Proceedings^†

Article Category: Original Scientific Article

Published Online: Aug 31, 2023

Page range: 1 - 9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rsc-2022-0012

Keywords
judicial proceedings, human dignity, criminal matters, accused person, judge

© 2023 Petra Kleindienst, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Building a Qualitative Research Framework for Researching How Human Dignity is Realised in Judicial Proceedings†

Article Category: Original Scientific Article

Published Online: Aug 31, 2023

Page range: 1 - 9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rsc-2022-0012

Keywordsjudicial proceedings, human dignity, criminal matters, accused person, judge

© 2023 Petra Kleindienst, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Building a Qualitative Research Framework for Researching How Human Dignity is Realised in Judicial Proceedings^†

Keywords
judicial proceedings, human dignity, criminal matters, accused person, judge