Essays about: "Legal Pluralism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the words Legal Pluralism.
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1. Indigenous justice in Guatemala: Indigenous women’s access to justice versus indigenous communities’ collective rights
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : In 2016, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala ruled in favor of validating the application of ancestral justice by the indigenous authorities of the community of Comitancillo, San Marcos, to an individual who raped a 10-year-old girl. In addition to recognizing the application of an ancestral punishment that consisted in asking for forgiveness and receiving some lashings from members of his family as valid, the court ordered the dismissal of the case in the legal ordinary system, claiming the aggressor had already been judged and punished. READ MORE
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2. Lay judges and the Swedish rule of law: A qualitative analysis of mixed panels’ argument construction in criminal court cases
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : The purpose of the contemporary lay judge system is to represent society in court and provide insight as well as influence over the nation’s legal process, while still adhering to the legal guidelines of professional judges. However, against the backdrop of globalization of societies and the resulting political polarization, the question is whether the current lay judge system provides an adequate reflection of society within the legal system. READ MORE
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3. Questioning protracted stays in refugee camps. An overview of camp management and perspectives on durable solutions for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Refugee camps, mostly located in the Global South, host millions of human beings and mirror the overburden and incapacity of humanitarian response. If these places were once supposedly created to aggregate asylum-seekers temporarily, now they have become the norm for prolonged stays where future generations grow. READ MORE
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4. Law Beyond Borders: Transnational Legal Pluralism Following Hong Kong’s New Reality
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : Hong Kong is a region undergoing rapid social, political, and legal change as mainland China seeks to increase its control over the previously largely autonomous region with laws such as the national security law which asserts its jurisdiction beyond borders, complicating matters for Hong Kongers living abroad. The effects of law asserting its jurisdiction beyond borders is contingent on the relative dependency of states, as can be seen in the South Korean strategy with regards to the national security law where the state has sought to maintain “strategic ambiguity” in order to balance US and Chinese relations. READ MORE
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5. Mind the Gaps : Why de facto protection of human rights on social media is so difficult and what could be done about it
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis explores if and how states can regain control over large social media platforms like Facebook, and by doing so ensuring that individuals on those platforms can de facto enjoy their human rights, as enshrined in international treaties. Today, the platforms are crucial facilitators of human rights but at the same time facilitators of threats towards the enjoyment of the same rights. READ MORE
