Atticus Finch: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership, as Management Tools, in the Exercise of the Legal Profession. (Analysis of the film “To kill a Mockingbird”)

  • Manuel-Óscar Remeseiro Fernández Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (U.N.E.D.)
Keywords: Advocacy, Emotional intelligence, Leadership

Abstract

Throughout this article we intend to demonstrate the importance of emotional intelligence, as a management tool, in the practice of law, and that the specific characteristics of forensic activity, cannot be separated from other essential aspect of professional performance of lawyers: the leadership. The ideal jurist should have a good dose of both attributes: the first; to understand the functioning of emotions and human relationships, and its implications in the cases in which they are involved; the second; to suggest, convincingly, the most relevant procedural strategies in each case. The character of Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck), protagonist of the film «To kill a Mockingbird» (1962), is, as we understand, a paradigmatic example regarding to this, so therefore, a proper case for our paper.

Received: 12.11.2019
Accepted: 16.12.2019
Published online: 31.12.2019

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Author Biography

Manuel-Óscar Remeseiro Fernández, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (U.N.E.D.)

Doctorando en Derecho y Ciencias Sociales

Published
2019-12-31
How to Cite
Remeseiro Fernández, Manuel-Óscar. 2019. “Atticus Finch: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership, As Management Tools, in the Exercise of the Legal Profession. (Analysis of the Film ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’)”. Estudios De Deusto 67 (2), 321-51. https://doi.org/10.18543/ed-67(2)-2019pp321-351.
Section
Studies