Representation of gender violence in appeal proceedings in Spain

Violence against women is a gruesome problem in our society. In 2021 alone, there were around 170,000 complaints of gender-based violence Spain, and this number has been steadily increasing since 2009, when the first data was collected. Complaints Spain are handled decided by exclusive, specialised or compatible courts; if convicted, perpetrators can then appeal to higher courts. Given performative nature language (Austin, 1962; Searle, 1969), it utmost importance analyse used court judges lawyers refer women, as influences mainstream social perception facilitating construal gender violence. The ways which intertwined have long studied from various perspectives (Derrida, 2001; Fairclough, 1989; Foucault, 1980). Other authors explored how inflict (and therefore provoke) forms (van Dijk, 1995; Silva, 2017a, 2017b). paper, we examine representation legal Spain. We address texts analysed; portrayal judgements participants acts violence; resulting violence, victims aggressors. also constructionist perspective (Butler, 1992; 1997; 2004), using corpus pragmatics (Romero-Trillo, 2008) lexical items expressions 20 judgments context results indicate some bias aggressors judgments.