School of Justice, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology.
School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology.
J Law Med. 2022 Dec;29(4):1040-1051.
The coronial jurisdiction is different in function, character and procedure to most other legal processes in Australia, being inquisitorial rather than adversarial. It is also, by virtue of its focus on the circumstances of death, situated at the intersection of trauma and grief on the one hand, and legal exploration and evidence-gathering, on the other. For families a coronial investigation offers the potential for resolution about a death, but it can also exacerbate grief and trauma, particularly in the public forum of an inquest. This article utilises interviews with legal professionals engaged in the coronial jurisdiction to explore their understanding of the issues that impact upon families during a death investigation. Our findings indicate that an ethics of care is evident in the court but that this remains contingent on adequate resourcing of the sector, and that this is increasingly the case as the jurisdiction becomes more specialised.
验尸官管辖在职能、性质和程序上与澳大利亚的大多数其他法律程序不同，它是一种调查式而非对抗式的程序。此外，由于其关注死亡的情况，它一方面处于创伤和悲伤的交叉点，另一方面处于法律探索和证据收集的交叉点。对于家属来说，验尸官调查为解决死亡问题提供了可能性，但也可能加剧悲痛和创伤，特别是在公开的死因研讯中。本文利用对从事验尸官管辖工作的法律专业人员的采访，探讨他们对影响死亡调查期间家属的问题的理解。我们的研究结果表明，法庭上存在着关怀伦理，但这仍然取决于该领域的资源充足程度，随着管辖权变得更加专业化，这种情况越来越普遍。
