女性犯罪責任的敘事建構－以鄧如雯殺夫案為例

The Narrative Construction of the Female Criminal Responsibility: The Study on the Deng Ru-Wen Case

李佳玟(Chia-Wen Lee)

《臺大法學論叢》 34卷6期 (2005/11) Pp. 1-56

https://doi.org/10.6199/NTULJ.2005.34.06.01

摘要

法律敘事分析屬於法律與文學研究流派的一支，近幾十年來在英美學界開始發展，並受到相當的重視。其理論預設在於，法律也是文本的一種，涉及修辭、表達、閱讀與解釋，因此研究文學作品的方法亦可用於法律研究，目的是從法律文本的修辭與結構，挖掘隱藏於法律條文與判決文字內的意識型態。受到高度矚目與爭論的法律審判，尤其適合用來檢視文本、意識型態與法律之間的關係。本文以十年前震驚台灣社會的鄧如雯殺夫案爲對象，分析各具意識型態的審判參與者，如何在法律所允許的空間裡，透過將相關事件組織成一個具有動機、因果始末與角色情節之敘事的方式，建構被告鄧如雯的刑事責任。透過對於鄧如雯刑事責任的建構，審判內的敘事不僅呼應、也同時參與了在當時社會中之性別意識型態的競爭。

關鍵字

法律敘事分析 ； 法律與文學運動 ； 性別研究 ； 鄧如雯案 ； 家庭暴力 ； 受虐婦女症候群 ； 正當防衛 ； 主體性

並列摘要

Legal narrative analysis is part of the recent Law and Literature Movement. The theoretical assumption of this methodology is that law is also a kind of text. Its creation and apprehension equally require literary skills, such as rhetoric and interpretation. Therefore, the analysis techniques developed in literary critics can be similarly applied to the legal research, particularly if researchers are interested in the ideologies hidden in the allegedly neutral languages of law. Among legal texts, the high-profile trials, which prompt sensational news stories and agitate heated debates, are ideal sites to examine the interrelationship between text, ideology and the law. This article will use a famous trial in mid 1990s-the Deng Ru-Wen case, which Deng killed her outrageously abusive husband, to demonstrate that ideologies are tightly woven into the rhetoric and the structure of a legal narrative. Thus, when different narrators argue about what really happened in Deng's case, they do not just debate on her criminal responsibility; they also participate in the broader ideological debate about gender role in the society. Through analyzing narratives concerning Deng's criminal responsibility advocated inside/outside tier trials, this paper intends to show that legal narratives are by no means neutral as claimed. Instead, they always endorse certain ideologies. When the defendants are ex-/inculpated, the ideologies the narrators embrace are consequently reinforced.

並列關鍵字

Legal Narrative Analysis ； Law and Literature Movement ； Gender Studies ； The Deng Ru-Wen Case ； Domestic Violence ； Battered Woman Syndrome ； Self Defense ； Subjectivity

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