JJUC00003U Gender and legal culture
- 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.
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.
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 17
- Practical exercises
- 8,5
- Project work
- 8,5
- Total
- 34,0
- Credit
- 10 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentWritten homework assignment with deadline (essay)
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
- Exam period
- 9. - 13. December 2013 (preliminary dates)
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- JJUC00003U
- Credit
- 10 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterBachelor choice,Full Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- B2
- Course capacity
- 30 Bachelor level (elective courses) students and 18 Master’s level students
- Study board
- Law
Contracting department
- Law
Course responsibles
- Hanne Petersen (Hanne.Petersen@jur.ku.dk)
Lecturers
Professor Hanne Petersen