Sökning: "socio-legal theory"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 21 uppsatser innehållade orden socio-legal theory.
1. Children’s Rights in Brazilian Schools: A Living Law Informed Ethnography
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenSammanfattning : Children's rights are a crucial area of research since children are among the most vulnerable groups in every society. The state laws, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), set out the rights of children and prescribes the obligations of governments and adults to ensure their protection, provision for their needs and grant them the right to participate in the decisions which affect their lives. LÄS MER
2. A Knight(mare) in Shining Armour: A Foucauldian-Feminist Analysis of Sexsomnia Defence in Swedish Courts
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenSammanfattning : In recent years, several men in Sweden have been acquitted of different sexual offences because the courts deemed that it could have occurred in their sleep. According to a leading expert, several of the Swedish acquitting cases are based on incorrect or irrelevant arguments and reasoning regarding sexsomnia. LÄS MER
3. Hysterical Bodies: A socio-legal and feminist policy analysis of gender bias in the treatment of cardiovascular disease in the US, UK, and Canada
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterSammanfattning : This thesis is an exploration of gender bias in the treatment of chronic illnesses by analysing the relationship between gender, feminism, and ableism in regard to power relations within a human rights healthcare-focused framework. Through a combination of feminist theory and critical disability theory, this thesis aims to answer how gendered cycles of inequality are perpetuated within healthcare systems specifically in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. LÄS MER
4. "Inscrire la vulnérabilité au centre du pacte politique” : Towards a radical feminist reconceptualization of vulnerability through the critical juxtaposition of Judith Butler’s poststructuralist ethico-political theory and Martha Fineman’s legal philosophy
Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)Sammanfattning : This Master Thesis focuses on the theoretical reconstruction of a positive feminist conceptualization of vulnerability via the thorough systematization and critical comparison of Martha Fineman’s socio-legal philosophy and Judith Butler’s poststructuralist ethico-political theory. In the introductory remarks, the reader becomes familiar with the turbulent receptions and numerous interdisciplinary re-artications of the term vulnerability within the realms of contemporary feminist theory. LÄS MER
5. Framing the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests: a socio-legal study of partisan news coverage
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenSammanfattning : The 2020 Black Lives Matter protests brought national attention to the issue of police brutality against black Americans. Across the US, millions of people participated in the protests. This study was conducted with the aim to study news coverage of those events from a socio-legal perspective. LÄS MER
