Essays about: "Socio-legal"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 57 essays containing the word Socio-legal.
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16. Framing the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests: a socio-legal study of partisan news coverage
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : The 2020 Black Lives Matter protests brought national attention to the issue of police brutality against black Americans. Across the US, millions of people participated in the protests. This study was conducted with the aim to study news coverage of those events from a socio-legal perspective. READ MORE
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17. “We must not settle for less [when incorporating Children’s Rights into law]”. A socio-legal analysis of Children’s Rights Organizations’ role in the Swedish legislative process
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis seeks to understand the role that Swedish civil society (in the form of children’s rights organizations) play in the creation of legislation, through the writing of consultation responses and role in the discussions of the law following its incorporation. The aim is to understand the interplay between the political system and civil society through the eyes of the civil society’s employees concerning consultation responses, using Habermas’ theories of communicative action between the lifeworld and system. READ MORE
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18. Behind Every Social Robot Finds itself a Community of Developers: A socio-legal exploration on developers of humanoid social robots with a focus on the context of depression diagnosis and its embedded gender norms.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : The rise in new digital technology is bringing with it new ethical questions around how we, as a society, can trust them. However, what if the question was before the technology itself? What if the role of the developers was influencing the way those new technologies were being programmed? This thesis situates itself at the point of exploration, where developers of humanoid social robots look for ways to advance the human-robot interaction as a field as well as getting social robots commercial-ised. READ MORE
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19. The Brazilian jeitinho: an empirical investigation into the influence of state laws on its perception
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : Brazilian jeitinho is a widespread informal practice that seeks to solve a problem without necessarily considering the rules. The aim of this thesis is to investigate how individuals who relate in different ways with state laws perceive this practice. READ MORE
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20. Mobile EU citizens and the law: A socio-legal study of Italians’ adaptation to Sweden’s legal environment
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : When they migrate to another Member State (MS), EU citizens must adjust to a country whose legal environment is composed of both national laws and EU laws. Additionally, mobile EU citizens have their own legal culture which crafts the way they make sense of mundane circumstances and social interactions. READ MORE
