Essays about: "Rättsdiskurs"

Found 1 essay containing the word Rättsdiskurs.

  1. 1. 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 institutionen

    Author : Simon Berggren; [2017]
    Keywords : 17th century; Capital punishment; Community; Court narratives; Crime; District court; Judicial discourse; Jämtland; Social control; Peasantry.; 1600-tal; Allmoge; Dödsstraff; Häradsrätt; Jämtland; Kriminalitet; Rättsdiskurs; Rättsnarrativ; Social kontroll;

    Abstract : 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