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Pagan, John R. "Law and society in restoration Virginia." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.320914.

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Voigt, Sonja. "World summit on the information society." Universität Potsdam, 2008. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/3655/.

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Haselkorn, Amelia A. "When Society Becomes the Criminal: An Exploration of Society’s Responsibilities to the Wrongfully Convicted." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/84.

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This thesis explores how society can and should compensate those who have been wrongfully convicted after they are exonerated and how we can prevent these mistakes from happening to others in the future. It begins by presenting research on the scope of the problem. Then it suggests possible reforms to the U.S. justice system that would minimize the rate of innocent convictions. Lastly, it takes both a philosophical and political look at what just compensation would entail as well as a variety of state compensation laws.

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Frerichs, Sabine. "Karl Polanyi and the Law of Market Society." Springer Nature, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11614-019-00328-5.

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Karl Polanyi started his career as a doctor of law and practiced law for a while; but he did not become a legal scholar. As an economic historian, anthropologist, or sociologist, he was concerned with the relation of economy and society. But even though law is an important factor in mediating this relationship, Polanyi gave little attention to the law as such. As part of an endeavour to advance a "Polanyian" economic sociology of law, this article develops the "law of market Society" as an analytical category. For thi s purpose, three argumentative strategies are combined. First, the

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Dean, Janice Louise. "Directing public companies : company law and the stakeholder society." Thesis, Brunel University, 2000. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5289.

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This thesis examines the legal duties of directors of UK public companies in the light of the 'stakeholder' approach to the firm. It considers the theory that directors are not simply agents of shareholders, but have a duty to take into consideration and, where appropriate, to balance the interests of several constituencies. Examples of suggested stakeholders include employees, customers, suppliers and creditors, as well as the local community and the natural environment. If this broad view of public company responsibility is warranted, the role of the law in securing a 'stakeholder' style of

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MORAES, DANIELE RUSSO FEIJO DE. "BUILDING AN AUTONOMOUS SOCIETY: LAW AND DEMOCRACY AT THE DAWN OF A NEW SOCIETAL PARADIGM." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2004. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=5552@1.

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CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO<br>O projeto da autonomia é a linha mestra deste trabalho que segue basicamente as orientações de Cornelius Castoriadis e de Boaventura de Souza Santos. Em busca da autonomia, percorreu-se os ensinamentos da psicanálise sobre a formação individual do sujeito humano, que tem no seu cerne a socialização. Dedicou-se também algumas linhas à crise de degenerescência vivida pelo paradigma moderno bem como aos reflexos desta crise no direito, isto é, na concepção do direito moderno. Viu-se que o paradigma moderno, mesmo com toda a

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Summerfield, Tracey. "Families of meaning: Dismantling the boundaries between law and society." Thesis, Summerfield, Tracey (2004) Families of meaning: Dismantling the boundaries between law and society. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2004. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/353/.

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Legal positivism insists upon a distinction between the inside and outside of law. The common law and statutory rules of interpretation assist in maintaining this distinction, establishing the myth that legal decision-making is a purely objective and rational process, giving rise to internal truths. While critical theorists have illustrated the ways in which the lines between the inside and outside are always blurred, there remains a perceived distinction, in law, between the interpretation of concepts that occurs in the law and that which occurs outside the law. Only the former have legal leg

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Summerfield, Tracey. "Families of meaning : dismantling the boundaries between law and society /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2004. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20050810.115925.

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Higgins, D. J. M. "Judges in government and society under Edward II." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.371660.

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Duvefelt, Sabine, and Carolina Sjölander. "Multiple Discrimination : Addressing Complex Discrimination in a Complex Society." Thesis, Örebro University, Department of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-1912.

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<p>Abstract</p><p>This thesis show how the European Community, through legislation and case law, is addressing the problem of multiple discrimination and what the possible solutions to it are.</p><p>Multiple discrimination describes a situation where an individual experiences discrimination on more than one ground. This can occur in two different ways; additive or intersectional. Additive discrimination describes a situation where an individual is discriminated against on more than one ground and these grounds are added on top of each other. Intersectional discrimination explains how an indivi

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Beland, Christopher D. (Christopher David) 1978. "Digital technology and copyright law." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16818.

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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, 2002.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-108).<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Intellectual Property is an ideology of the late Twentieth Century which reserves property-like rights in information, so that creators may extract its economic value. Current American copyright law draws mainly from this concept; it has been constructed through history by negotiation betw

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au, tsummerf@law uwa edu, and Tracey Lee Summerfield. "Families of Meaning: Dismantling the Boundaries Between Law and Society." Murdoch University, 2004. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20050810.115925.

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Legal positivism insists upon a distinction between the inside and outside of law. The common law and statutory rules of interpretation assist in maintaining this distinction, establishing the myth that legal decision-making is a purely objective and rational process, giving rise to internal truths. While critical theorists have illustrated the ways in which the lines between the inside and outside are always blurred, there remains a perceived distinction, in law, between the interpretation of concepts that occurs in the law and that which occurs outside the law. Only the former have legal leg

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Summerfield, Tracey Lee. "Families of meaning: dismantling the boundaries between law and society." Summerfield, Tracey Lee (2004) Families of meaning: dismantling the boundaries between law and society. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2004. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/353/.

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Legal positivism insists upon a distinction between the inside and outside of law. The common law and statutory rules of interpretation assist in maintaining this distinction, establishing the myth that legal decision-making is a purely objective and rational process, giving rise to internal truths. While critical theorists have illustrated the ways in which the lines between the inside and outside are always blurred, there remains a perceived distinction, in law, between the interpretation of concepts that occurs in the law and that which occurs outside the law. Only the former have legal leg

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Karekwaivanane, George Hamandishe. "Legal encounters : law, state and society in Zimbabwe, c1950-1990." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:1aa6d7e5-2535-4a82-98c1-45a0203bee22.

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This study examines the role of law in the constitution and contestation of state power in African history. Using Zimbabwe as a case study, it analyses legal struggles between Africans and the state, and amongst Africans themselves between 1950 and 1990. In doing so it intervenes in a number of scholarly debates on the relationship between law, state power and agency in African history. Firstly, I examine the role of law in constituting state power by exploring the interplay between legitimation and coercion in long term perspective. Secondly, I interrogate legal centralism as an approach to u

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Clare, Emma. "Men, society and crime : an exploration of maleness and offending behaviour." Thesis, University of Hull, 1998. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3695.

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This thesis is the culmination of years of wondering why we ask people to 'be' certain things. One of the first things you notice about people is their keenness to be able to categorise things, so quickly human beings become men and women, criminal or non-criminal, healthy or sick. To deal with the world around us we reduce the infinite to a schema and then judge the infinite within that schema. We often forget that that 'the way things are' are not necessarily normal or natural. We come to expect men and women to act, behave and feel in certain ways rarely questioning the necessity of these e

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Farinde, Louisa Omolara. "The effectiveness of protecting children's rights in post-conflict Liberian society." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15200.

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This dissertation will primarily involve desk-based research to examine those provisions of the Liberian Children's Law that refer to measures preventing the use of children in armed conflict, measures protecting children from being used in armed conflict as well as measures reintegrating children into society who have participated in such violence in their past in light of CRC standards. Reference will also be made to scholarly contributions on children's rights in postconflict societies, reports on and documentation of the condition of child rights in Liberia and the relevant international a

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Lin, James Chun. "Humanitarianism and military force : humanitarian intervention and international society." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1995. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3ce0813e-b33d-4d02-8049-7851859cc801.

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This thesis examines the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention in the modern states system. Humanitarian intervention is defined as the use of military force across state boundaries, against the wishes of the target government, to protect the people from intolerable misrule and grave abuses of human rights. The aim of this thesis is to examine the problem of humanitarian intervention from the perspective of international society. This thesis is divided into two parts. Part One defines the concept, considers the historical and intellectual milieu in which the idea emerged and evolved

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Robertson, Barbara Allen. "Judicial reform and the expansion of international society : the case of Egypt." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299884.

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Karnouskos, Stamatis. "The Interplay of Law, Robots and Society,in an Artificial Intelligence Era." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-150599.

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The rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics will have a profound impacton the society and its laws. Robots, humanoid / anthropomorphic or not, e.g., selfdrivingcars, will have physical presence, take autonomous decisions and interact with allstakeholders in the society. While already some AI robots are available, e.g., self-driving cars,their intelligence is expected to skyrocket in the next decades, and many prominent scientistspredict that they will reach (and potentially surpass) human intelligence. The symbiosiswith robots, may lead to a civilizational change with far r

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Dooling, Wayne. "Law and community in a slave society : Stellenbosch district, c.1760-1820." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21835.

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Bibliography: pages 164-177.<br>This dissertation is primarily concerned with the functioning of the law in the Cape Colony in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as it pertained to slaves and masters (and to a lesser extent Khoi servants). It examines the operation of the law in one particular rural district, namely, Stellenbosch in the years c.1760-1820. The chief primary sources include criminal -- and on a smaller scale civil -- records of the local and central courts of the colony. Travellers' accounts have also been utilised. The study of one particular rural district reve

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Baldauf, Maria. "Promoting the rule of law through civil society and human rights advocacy." Connect to Electronic Thesis (ProQuest) Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2008. http://worldcat.org/oclc/449188379/viewonline.

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Lin, Wei-Chung. "Defending the environment : civil society participation in resolving investment-related environmental claims." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33652/.

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Today it is widely recognised that international investment activities can bring significant economic benefits for host countries. To promote a favourable investment climate, international organisations were set up to facilitate the settlement of foreign investment disputes, or to provide financial insurance for investors against non-commercial risks. Moreover, international financial institutions offer finance for governments or private enterprises to implement investment projects. States have also concluded international investment agreements to provide guarantees on the treatment and protec

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Sandberg, Russell. "Religion, society and law : an analysis of the interface between the law on religion and the sociology of religion." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.525073.

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This thesis is an investigation into teachers' status in Kuwait, what it is and the reasons for it. The question was posed and systematically investigated as to the standing of teachers, an issue of great significance for Kuwait and its education system. The thesis also explores the connections between teacher status and teacher education and the possibility of using improvements in teacher education to raise the status of teachers. The study is heavily based on empirical work, specifically: three substantial surveys and a case study that includes a fourth smaller survey. The collection of dat

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Donoso, Alfonso L. "The criminal law of the free society : a philosophical exploration of overcriminalization and the limits of the criminal law." Thesis, University of York, 2010. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1453/.

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The criminal law is the most coercive institution of social control in the modern liberal state. It criminalizes conduct, prosecutes individuals, and treats offenders in ways that under other circumstance we would consider as serious violations of individuals’ rights. At a time when this institution has been described as a lost cause serving immoral ends, it is all the more urgent to provide a normative account of the criminal law’s limits and scope of action (ch.1). A starting point of this thesis is that any successful normative account of the criminal law must ground penal principles and pr

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Trautner, Mary Nell. "Screening, Sorting, and Selecting in Complex Personal Injury Cases: How Lawyers Mediate Access to the Civil Justice System." Diss., Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona, 2006. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu%5Fetd%5F1683%5F1%5Fm.pdf&type=application/pdf.

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Al-Qasimi, Mohammed Hassan. "Establishing and interpreting international human rights standards : a universal idea in a plural society." Thesis, Durham University, 1998. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1060/.

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Hagedorn, Anselm C. "Between Moses and Plato : individual and society in Deuteronomy and ancient Greek law." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365648.

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Spooner, J. T. "Personal insolvency law in the modern consumer credit society : English and comparative perspectives." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1419270/.

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My project considers the extent to which personal insolvency law has evolved, and should evolve, to meet the conditions of the modern consumer credit society. I illustrate how unprecedented household borrowing has become essential to sustaining macro-economic growth and household living standards, and present economic theories explaining this development, as well as the legal/regulatory norms which facilitated it. Exploring insolvency law theory (particularly ideas from law and economics), I then contrast the law’s traditional debt collection objective with the more recently developed fresh st

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Jordan, John Frederick Dodge. "Legal culture in a turbulent time : law and society in early modern Saxony." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:08a01053-87e3-4310-a974-b194f516b692.

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This thesis reconstructs and interprets the evolution of legal culture in the Saxon city of Freiberg in the sixteenth century. It challenges the notion that early modern state institutions were punitive and disciplinary; and instead posits that in Saxony, they were flexible and sought to maintain social harmony. While previous scholarship has favoured a sociological approach, based on the concept of social control, this thesis employs a legal anthropological optic to study the interaction of state institutions and social life holistically. The focus is not just on how state institutions sought

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Sabir, Mammadrzali Shahin. "RENOVATING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF INFORMATION LAW: RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN INFORMATION SOCIETY." Thesis, Сучасна правова освіта: [матеріали VIІ Міжнародної науково-практичної конференції, Київ, Національний авіаційний університет, 23 лютого 2018 р.]. – Тернопіль: «Вектор», 2018, 2018. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/32831.

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Lee, Chulwoo. "Law, culture and conflict in a colonial society rural Korea under Japanese rule /." Thesis, Online version, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.339141.

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Allegro, James J. "Legislating difference race, law, and the codification of northern provincial society, 1620-1765 /." Available to US Hopkins community, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/dlnow/3068109.

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Colton, Katie L. "The Sue-and-Settle Phenomenon: Its Impact on the Law, Agency, and Society." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7412.

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Sue-and-settle is the name applied to a federal agency’s use of litigation to create policy outside of the normal regulatory process. This paper discusses the impact that the sue-and-settle policy has had on Congress, the judiciary, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Specifically, this paper will discuss the issues caused by the perception of collusion within the sue-and-settle policy. First, this paper examines whether a relationship occurs between the litigants. The paper then discusses whether the relationship between the litigants in sue-and-settle cases tends to be collusive or not.

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Kilcline, Cody Mary. "The trial of Mrs Proudlock : law, government and society in British Malaya, 1911." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150011.

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Luluaki, John Yavavu Yakienjo. "Customary family law in Yangoru : implications of legal pluralism in a Papua New Guinea society." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386093.

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Meyer, Melissa Isabella. "Let's talk about sext : gendered millennial perceptions of sexting in a cyborg society." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20774.

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In a cyborg society where people exist both organically and via technology, sexual expression and interaction via technology has become 'normal'. The controversy surrounding sexting stems from contemporary literature and media portraying it as coercive, harmful and unacceptable, with particular reference to young females. Qualitative data on this phenomenon is extremely limited and biased, potentially resulting in unjust limitations and restrictions. This study investigates Millennial sexting behaviour by considering general and gendered perceptions of sexting to better understand the phenomen

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Viltoft, Clara Dybbroe. "Deconstructing Gangsterism in the Western Cape Policy Response to the National Anti-Gangsterism Strategy." Master's thesis, Faculty of Law, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33073.

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In the Province of the Western Cape in South Africa, gangsterism continues to be associated with issues of violence, crime and localised conflicts, affecting residents on the Cape Flats in particular. Although the country's legal framework promotes human rights and despite ongoing interventions by law enforcement, the effectiveness of government responses is still debated by politicians as well as the general public. Using Carol Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to Be' (2009) approach to policy analysis, the aim of this dissertation is to deconstruct the Western Cape's political problem

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Koekemoer, Hannes. "A descriptive study of offender on offender assaults in Pollsmoor Medium B Correctional Centre." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25049.

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In recent years, Correctional Centre violence has been much debated. Although the literature on violence is well developed, little is known about the nature and extent of violence in South African Correctional Centres, despite widespread concern and speculation. Furthermore, it is unclear whether this particular context of violence is due to the often hostile environment of Correctional Centres, or due to violent nature of inmates held in custody. This research study aims to investigate Correctional Centre violence in a South African Correctional Centre, looking specifically at offender-on-off

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Torgersen, Jonas Sørflaten. "Crime, culture and collecting: the illicit cycad market in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25048.

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It is widely accepted that illicit markets are driven by specific contextual factors that determine their nature and scope. Two points in particular have not been explored in the literature on wildlife crime. First, while illicit markets around commodities such as drugs and weapons are fuelled by consumers arguably in need of, or addicted to, the product, the desires of buyers that shape wildlife markets are often shaped by cultural norms which may seem irrational to outsiders. Second, given that wildlife markets are seldom as stringently regulated as those in respect of drugs, weapons or othe

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Oz, Besir Suleyman. "Governing Outer Space as a Global Commons: Examining ‘Tragedy’ in Orbital Medium." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29842.

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The purpose of this research is to examine the outer space governance regime and to identify key governance deficits which are arguably the main reason for the far-reaching proliferation of space debris in the outer space commons. To this end, the research initially inspects two of the existing global commons – the maritime and polar regions – their governing regimes, and the regulatory, legal, and political challenges encountered in each. The discussion on the connection between global governance deficits and the environmental tragedies within these domains aims to establish the conceptual fo

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Petrovic, Vanja. "A silent sin?: An investigation into the provision of community based non-governmental support services for male victims of sexual violence in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25399.

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This minor dissertation examines the status quo of services provision by community based victim support services for male victims of sexual violence in South Africa. Given the scale of gender-based violence in South Africa it comes as no surprise that research and debates around sexual violence have predominately focused on women as victims and men as perpetrators. In this minor dissertation the neglect of men as potential and actual victims of sexual violence are problematized. In the discussion I explore the issues at stake, assess the status of male victims and investigate the kinds of serv

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Wasserman, Zia. "The importance of reparations for victims of conflict-related sexual violence : challenges facing the International Criminal Court." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20802.

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Sexual violence perpetrated during armed conflict is a notoriously prolific, yet oft neglected phenomenon. It used to merely be considered an inevitable by-product of war, yet recently sexual violence has come to be described as a 'weapon of war'. This refers to the deliberate and tactical intentions of the perpetrators, and alludes to the fact that sexual violence has been and continues to be an inherent aspect of conflicts. Fortunately, with increased global attention on this issue, there have been numerous developments in international humanitarian law as well as the field of criminal justi

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McLaggan, Michael Taylor. "A Priority Crime that is not a Priority? The Illegal Cigarette Trade: A Case Study of Mowbray." Master's thesis, Faculty of Law, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31026.

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Objective: To determine how prevalent the illegal trade in cigarettes is in Mowbray, whether buyers thereof are aware of the illegal nature of their purchases, and whether they would transition to buying legal products if they became aware of the illegal nature of their purchases. Methods: Observations of stores throughout Mowbray were used to determine which stores sold illegal cigarettes, using price of packs of cigarettes as a determinant for illegality. Surveys were conducted using smokers in Mowbray as subjects in order to understand preferences of these subjects in terms of which product

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van, Zyl Nicole. "Domestic Workers and their access to childcare: A Socio-Legal study." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29226.

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This dissertation explores how domestic workers within the Cape Town area access childcare. From this exploration, the argument that the state should provide childcare to mothers as a redress measure under s9(2) is developed. This argument is drawn from the proposition that universal access to childcare has the potential to reduce gender inequality by removing the care burden that women bear. By providing universal access to childcare, and thereby removing or reducing the care burden, women are better empowered to access income earning activity. This qualitative enquiry utilises a literature r

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Liountris, Demitri. "Exploring rape myth acceptance among general medical practitioners in South Africa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Law, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32782.

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Rape myths have several negative effects on society, and can affect those who come into contact with victims of sexual assault on a professional level. One group of professionals that assist victims are general medical practitioners and in a country like South Africa, that has a high rate of rape, it is not uncommon for general medical practitioners to find themselves assisting victims. Previous research has suggested that professionals who assist victims such as police officers and lawyers are susceptible to rape myth acceptance. In South Africa, research suggests that medical health professi

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Restrepo, Amariles David. "The Rise of transnational legal indicators: empirical accounts of law in a global society." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209297.

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Based on the premise ‘what we measure affects what we do’, this work seeks to address the following key question: What are the characteristics of the knowledge produced by the Rule of Law Index, WGI Rule of Law Indicator, Doing Business Indicators and the Global Competitiveness Index about the rule of law and business regulation respectively, and to what extent can this knowledge be used to assess and compare legal systems? My objective is to address the gap between, on the one hand, policy and scientific approaches to indicators and, on the other hand, legal scholarly approaches. The former t

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Soehnchen, Stefan. "Mapping legal consciousness; a study of Palestinian oral narratives on law in Israeli society." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.497264.

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Jillions, Andrew. "From faith in rules to the rule of law : constitutional responsibilities in international society." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2012. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/571/.

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This thesis examines the constitutional politics of international law, locating this as part of a wider debate over the nature of responsibility in conditions of uncertainty. Despite a general commitment to international legality operating in international society, international law’s claim to rule is limited by competing beliefs about the institutional practices generated and legitimated by this commitment. This thesis argues that there is a critical divide between “pragmatic” and “constitutionalist” ethics of legality. The account of legality developed here suggests that faith is itself a ne

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Humphreys, Robert. "The Poor Law and charity : the Charity Organisation Society in the provinces 1870-1890." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.361928.

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The thesis studies the response of provincial Charity Organisation Societies (COS's), and similar institutions, to the Poor Law crusade against outdoor relief, 1870-1890. The Societies investigated include those at Birkenhead, Birmingham, Brighton, Leainington, Liverpool, Manchester and Salford, Oxford, Reading, and Southampton. Powerful individualistic propaganda, and support from influential elites, created an aura of COS authority on social affairs which has persisted for more than a century. The research exposes the reality of failure and contradiction in the English provinces behind the f

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Pérez, Caruajulca Miguel Ángel, and Ramírez Fernando Vidal. "The importance of Civil Law and codification for society. Interview to Fernando Vidal Ramírez." THĒMIS-Revista de Derecho, 2015. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/108471.

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Civil Law is still one of the most important areas of the legal field. Its consideration as the Common Law is still dormant.In this sense, Professor Fernando Vidal Ramirez talks about the birth, evolution and importance of Civil Law in the society, explaining the role played by civil codification. Finally, he talks about his experience as a member of the Reformer Commission of the 1936 Civil Code, which allowed the provision of the still in force Peruvian Civil Code of 1984.<br>El Derecho Civil continúa siendo una de las áreas más importantes del ámbito jurídico. Su consideración como el Derec

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