Essays about: "Court narratives"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Court narratives.
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1. Tragic Tales of ‘Victims’ and ‘Villains’ – A Study on Narratives and Emotions in Danish Rape Trials
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : Given the fact that rape is difficult to prove in court and trials primarily are based on the defendant’s word against the plaintiff’s, it becomes highly significant to study the narratives about rape presented in criminal trials. This thesis is an ethnographic-inspired study conduct-ed in Danish courts from January to May 2023. READ MORE
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2. The Rhetoric of Rape Justice: Unveiling the Cultural Meanings of Rape Narratives in Spanish Judicial Sentences
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : Narratives play a crucial role both in people’s lives and in various areas of the social, cultural and political realms. This thesis, drawing from an understanding of judicial sentences as a type of narrative, explores the complex domain of rape justice within the Spanish legal system. READ MORE
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3. Imagining a Revolutionary Iran: National Narratives in the Revolutionary Discourse of the Mojahedin-e Khalq
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för MellanösternstudierAbstract : Skocpol’s States and Social Revolutions, first published in 1979, was a hugely influential book encapsulating what has become known as the “Third Generation” of theories of revolution. In it, she argues that “revolutions are not made, they come” (Skocpol, 1979, 17), insisting that structural factors such as pre-revolutionary social structure and state breakdown were primarily responsible for the outbreak of revolutions. READ MORE
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4. (In)equality before the law? : An analysis of the role of gender in sentencing in cases concerning welfare fraud tried in the Norwegian Court of Appeal
University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The fight against welfare fraud currently sees an increased focus from Norwegian authorities. This attention is connected to the narratives of real and perceived threats to the welfare state, where welfare fraud not only implies the misappropriation of government funds but may also be detrimental to the public’s support of the welfare state. READ MORE
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5. Crime, Community and the Negotiated Truth : Court Narratives of Capital Crime in the District Courts of Jämtland-Härjedalen 1649—1700
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : The purpose of this thesis is to study the court narratives of serious crimes in the district courts of Jämtland-Härjedalen in the latter half of 17th century. This is done by studying the negotiated aspects of criminal court proceedings; how did stories of crime, guilt and character come together in the records to form narratives that became accepted truths by the local community and the authorities? Investigations of serious crime have been sampled from the collected records of five district courts in the period 1649–1700. READ MORE
