The book discusses how "objectivity" is used in the judicial discourse. Through critical discourse analysis of Polish jurisprudence, the book presents a taxonomy of the objectivity's uses by judges, highlighting that objectivity has a special meaning in the legal discourse based on legal authority.
Lidia Rodak is a Lecturer of Sociology and Philosophy of Law at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. Her main research interests are objectivity and subjectivity in the socio-legal discourse and feminist jurisprudence. She published her works in The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, Oñati Socio-Legal Series, Studi sulla Questione Criminale, and Peter Lang.