20110594 - Law and Gender  

Students will be familiar with the different theoretical approaches that address the relation between law and gender: from the critiques of the neutrality of the legal subject, to the discussion on intersectionality, to the relation between care, social reproduction and exploitation. Students will also acquire knowledge of the penal instrument contrasting violence against women at national and European and will critically address the issue gender representation in the media.
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Mutuazione: 20110594 Law and Gender   in GIURISPRUDENZA LMG/01 RIGO ENRICA

Programma

Il corso "Law and Gender", svolto in lingua in inglese, si propone di indagare la rilevanza del concetto di genere nel dibattito giuridico, privilegiando la prospettiva filosofica e quella penalistica.

Programma sintetico:

Making trouble: a difficult definition of gender
Histories and theories of feminism
The gender of modernity
Making rights from below: the CEDAW
Criminal Law and Gender: general framework
Gender violence: the crime of stalking 
Gender, anti-discrimination law and human rights
Culturally motivated crimes
Gender, migrations and human rights
Gender and social reproduction Theory

Sexual orientation and politics 
Gender violence: the crime of sexual violence
Pornography and law 



Testi Adottati

Angela Davis, Women, Race and Class

other readings will be suggested during cLasses

Modalità Erogazione

il corso è in presenza

Modalità Frequenza

la frequenza è obbligatoria

Modalità Valutazione

la valutazione incluse la partecipazione attiva alle lezioni, un elaborato e un colloquio finale