The inflation of the judicial uses of the concept 'victim': the Spanish Supreme Court during the years 2011- 2012. A socio-legal approach

This text discusses the uses that the Spanish Supreme Court made of the concept "victim" during 2011 and 2012. By studying a wide base of statements, we identify uses that are more relevant in determining legal victim status. Attention is also paid to aspects that can be more innovative an...

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Published inPapeles del CEIC Vol. 2013; no. 2; pp. 1 - 36
Main Author Pérez, Antonio Madrid
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published 01.09.2013
Subjects
Courts
Inflation
Judicial behaviour
Legal status
Sociological analysis
Sociology
Spain
Supreme Court
Supreme Court-Spain
Terminology
Victims
Victims of crime
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Summary:This text discusses the uses that the Spanish Supreme Court made of the concept "victim" during 2011 and 2012. By studying a wide base of statements, we identify uses that are more relevant in determining legal victim status. Attention is also paid to aspects that can be more innovative and controversial. The study points out the inflation of judicial uses of the term "victim", proposes some explanations and highlights the danger of trivialization of the reference "victim" that can lead this process of inflation [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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ISSN:1695-6494
1695-6494