20110102 - ATTIVITA':LAW AND GENDER (LINGUA GIURIDICA)

LAW AND GENDER (LINGUA GIURIDICA)
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Programme

The course "Law and Gender", in English language, aims to investigate the relevance of the gender concept in the legal debate, focusing on the philosophy and criminal law.

Syllabus:
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
L'esame di profitto si compone esclusivamente di una prova orale, il cui obiettivo è valutare l'apprendimento delle nozioni fondamentali legate alla tematica di genere, l'acquisizione di un livello di inglese giuridico adeguato, in una prospettiva maggiormente casistica.


Core Documentation

Learning material is indicated during the lessons

Type of evaluation

The exam is oral and students have to demonstrate knowledge of the main legal topics of gender and learning of legal English, with an approach based on case studies.