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Cogent arguments supported with fascinating data make Professional Emotions in Court a tour de force. Bergman Blix and Wettergren reveal not only that court processes are infused with emotions but show also how the actors involved - judges, prosecutors and lawyers - believe that their practices are impersonal if not rational. This is sociology at its best, changing the way we conceive institutions, knowledge and routine rituals. - Jack Barbalet, Australian Catholic University, Australia, and Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. Professional Emotions in Court offers a lucid and important reconceptualization of the legal notion of objectivity. The authors place their extensive interview and observational data in a legal and sociological framework, illustrating the ways in which implicit rules and assumptions about emotion shape the behavior and the decisions of prosecutors and judges. This is a rigorous look at a fascinating subject, with implications for both common law and civil legal systems. - Susan A. Bandes, DePaul University College of Law, USA. [...] the book offers a substantial contribution to a growing field of studies concerning emotion and the law. With its rich data and the authors' sociological eye for detail, the study reveals the importance of judges' and prosecutors' emotion management practices and will be a must-read for years to come. - Malin Akerstroem, Symbolic Interaction.

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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.

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