JJUC00003U Gender and legal culture

Volume 2013/2014
Education
Bachelor level (elective courses) and Master’s level
Content

- Changing concepts of gender (changing femininities and masculinities, trans-gender issues and the legal consequences eg. for family law and life)- Sexuality and law (the gendered work place, gendered crimes and the gendered body)- Gender, law and religions (secular and religious views of gender)- Gender and representation (in politics, business, boards and in trans-national and post-colonial legal culture)- International law and gender.

Learning Outcome

Bachelor level:

-demonstrate an understanding of the relevance of gender and legal culture for legal thinking.
-identify problems of relevance to gender and legal culture in concrete cases.
-analyse concrete and complex problems
-present arguments for different approaches to concrete problems related to changes of legal culture and gender relations.
-demonstrate knowledge about the course by placing concrete problems in perspective
-communicate knowledge and arguments professionally and coherently



Master level:

-identify problems of relevance to gender and legal culture in concrete and complex cases.
-identify intersections between gender and legal culture and normative forces of relevance for these relations beyond state law (religion, social norms, media)
-analyse complex questions and estimate their relevance and impact on individuals and groups in different normative communities using socio-legal and other methods.
-consider different arguments and concerns regarding processes of change of gender status and legal cultures.
-reflect on the impact of these arguments and concerns for different normative communities.
-demonstrate knowledge about the course by placing concrete problems in perspective
-communicate knowledge and arguments professionally and coherently

Hanne Petersen, José M. L. Villaverde, Ingrid Lund-Andersen: Contemporary Gender Relations and Changes in Legal Cultures, DJØF Publishing 2013

Journal of Law & Social Research. Special Issue on Gender and the Legal Profession, No.3. 2002 (articles - available online)

Additional articles from a reader produced by Hanne Petersen

Total number of readings about 500 pages.

Proficiency in English
Students are expected to participate in class discussions based on reading assignments, to give resumés of assigned texts and to give oral and ppt-presentations on topics assigned during the course.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Lectures
  • 17
  • Practical exercises
  • 8,5
  • Project work
  • 8,5
  • Total
  • 34,0
Credit
10 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written assignment
Written homework assignment with deadline (essay)
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
Exam period
9. - 13. December 2013 (preliminary dates)