Professional Emotions in Court

Professional Emotions in Court examines the paramount role of emotions in the legal professions and in the functioning of the democratic judicial system.

Stina Bergman Blix is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Uppsala University, Sweden. Åsa Wettergren is a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Work Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements 1. Why emotions in court? 2. Background emotions in legal professional life 3. Organisational Emotion Management 4. The dramaturgy of court emotions 5. Power and status in court 6. Objectivity work as situated emotion management 7. Concluding discussion References Index