Essays about: "Mikael Silfors"

Found 1 essay containing the words Mikael Silfors.

  1. 1. From intuitional to commonsensical conceptions of rape: a critical discourse analysis of gendered norms in legal decision-making behind a veil of objectivity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Mikael Silfors; [2014]
    Keywords : norms; legal decision-making; gender; criminal processes; critical discourse analysis; objectivity; rape; simulacrum; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The persistently high annual numbers of rape in Sweden and numerous legal amendments following internal critique, prove the legal response to be ineffective for the subjects of the protection of the law. Viewed in combination with the prevalence of detrimental conceptions of sexuality and rape, this actualizes questions regarding the potential for and shape of influences on the decision-making actors of law adjudication processes. READ MORE