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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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.
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.
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Class attendance is mandatoryType 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.