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Systems Evolution via Communicative Transference: An Examination of Legal Adaptivity to Neurology Within the District Courts of Sweden

Broström, Lars Linus LU (2023) SOLM02 20231
Department of Sociology of Law
Abstract
The purpose of this paper was, via broad application, to empirically test and examine the theoretical framework of communicative transference, as proposed by Broström (2023a). The paper aimed at studying the transfer of communication taking place between medical and legal systems, with a specific focus on the defendants' neurological circumstances within the district courts of Sweden, during the period 2012-2022. The paper made use of a mixed method sequential explanatory design of QUAL-QUANT-QUAL progression, utilizing nested analysis of Large- and Small-N data. The data was composed of a systematic literature review (N=33), Large-N data of legal cases for statistical analysis (N=150), and Small-N data of legal cases for in-depth analysis... (More)
The purpose of this paper was, via broad application, to empirically test and examine the theoretical framework of communicative transference, as proposed by Broström (2023a). The paper aimed at studying the transfer of communication taking place between medical and legal systems, with a specific focus on the defendants' neurological circumstances within the district courts of Sweden, during the period 2012-2022. The paper made use of a mixed method sequential explanatory design of QUAL-QUANT-QUAL progression, utilizing nested analysis of Large- and Small-N data. The data was composed of a systematic literature review (N=33), Large-N data of legal cases for statistical analysis (N=150), and Small-N data of legal cases for in-depth analysis (N=2). The paper found empirical support for legal systems becoming more accepting of, and willing to adhere to, communication from structurally coupled sources which themselves adhere to a judiciary-oriented language in their communication of neuromedical facts. The primary conclusion of the paper was that the extent to which the district courts of Sweden are adhering to neuromedical communication is lower than desired, but that the courts' adaptivity is greater than expected. Systems evolution, i.e., adaptivity to intrasystematic communication, can be understood and argued as the outcome of communicative transference. (Less)
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author
Broström, Lars Linus LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOLM02 20231
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Communicative Transference, District Court, Medical-Legal Systems, Neuroscientific Evidence, Systems Theory
language
English
id
9119251
date added to LUP
2023-06-27 15:13:49
date last changed
2023-06-27 15:13:49
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this paper was, via broad application, to empirically test and examine the theoretical framework of communicative transference, as proposed by Broström (2023a). The paper aimed at studying the transfer of communication taking place between medical and legal systems, with a specific focus on the defendants' neurological circumstances within the district courts of Sweden, during the period 2012-2022. The paper made use of a mixed method sequential explanatory design of QUAL-QUANT-QUAL progression, utilizing nested analysis of Large- and Small-N data. The data was composed of a systematic literature review (N=33), Large-N data of legal cases for statistical analysis (N=150), and Small-N data of legal cases for in-depth analysis (N=2). The paper found empirical support for legal systems becoming more accepting of, and willing to adhere to, communication from structurally coupled sources which themselves adhere to a judiciary-oriented language in their communication of neuromedical facts. The primary conclusion of the paper was that the extent to which the district courts of Sweden are adhering to neuromedical communication is lower than desired, but that the courts' adaptivity is greater than expected. Systems evolution, i.e., adaptivity to intrasystematic communication, can be understood and argued as the outcome of communicative transference.}},
  author       = {{Broström, Lars Linus}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Systems Evolution via Communicative Transference: An Examination of Legal Adaptivity to Neurology Within the District Courts of Sweden}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}