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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"sociology of law"”.
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An Examination of the Privacy Impact Assessment as a Vehicle for Privacy Policy Implementation in U.S. Federal Agencies
The Privacy Act of 1974 was designed to protect personal privacy captured in the records held by government agencies. However, the scope of privacy protection has expanded in light of advances in technology, heightened security, ubiquitous threats, and the value of information. This environment has …
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Pedagogerna och demokratin : En rättssociologisk studie av pedagogers arbete med demokratiutveckling
… forces on different social levels. The concept of democracy is open to many interpretations. Democracy in education has a wide meaning, according to John Dewey, including forms of life in society and not only decision making and political matters. The concept of recognition has been elaborated …
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Between Daring and Deliberating : 3G as a sustainability issue in Swedish spatial planning
The thesis shows how different aspects of sustainable development have been handled or not handled in the third generation infrastructure development in Sweden. The difference between the design of the 3G development - emphasizing competition, growth and regional access, based on a strong …
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Going Green : A Study of Public Procurement Regulation
In Sociology of Law the discussions about regulation have been extensive and the issue of public procurement is gaining momentum as its true financial value and potential to impact markets are realised. This thesis aims to look at the regulation of green public procurement (GPP) by analysing …
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Law and Spatial Planning. Socio-legal Perspectives on the Development of Wind Power and 3G Mobile Infrastructures in Sweden
… in Spatial Planning argues for the importance of understanding the approaches to knowledge and rationalities embedded in spatially relevant decision-making. It emphasises the significance of seeing law as an empirical object of study for planning and environmental management. The Swedish …
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Miljömålet i skogsbruket : Styrning och frivillighet
… primary focus is on the period from the adoption of new legislation governing forestry in 1993 to date, though the historical antecedents of the more recent developments are also discussed. The dissertation focuses primarily on the interplay between changes in the policy priorities enshrined in …
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Codes as Constitution: The Development of the Biblical Law-Codes from Monarchy to Theocracy
As a result of influence from assyriology and the sociology of law, the Hebrew legal texts have commonly been categorised in recent study as ancient law-codes analogous to the cuneiform codes recovered from the ancient Near East. This has not led, however, to a more constructive and decisive stage …
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Metaphors and Norms - Understanding Copyright Law in a Digital Society
This is a compilation thesis in the sociology of law, which analyses copyright law in three steps; the legal norms, the social norms and the underlying conceptions in their metaphorical representation. These three steps assist in answering the overarching question: "How do legal and social norms …
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Norms and Space: Understanding Public Space Regulation in the Tourist City
… basically the same across the interior space of the city. It also makes possible to appreciate the extent to which the normative dimension of the production of space is related to patterns of uneven development and spatial injustices. Three main assertions corroborate this central proposition. …
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Rätt, makt och institutionell förändring : En kritisk analys av myndigheters samverkan i barnahus
The overarching objective of the dissertation is to study inter-organisational collaboration processes and their associated consequences in a critical manner, with particular emphasis on the importance of law and power. The analysis of the empirical material, reflecting collaboration in the context …
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Sociala normer och regelefterlevnad : Trafiksäkerhetsfrågor ur ett rättssociologiskt perspektiv
… for decisions with regard to how traffic law enforcement is best outlined, as well as increasing the understanding of how the shaping of different public instruments of control affects the chances of success; and (b) contribute to the development of theory and methodology within sociology …
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Pandangan hakim dan advokat terhadap Pasal 150 HIR tentang pemeriksaan saksi secara silang (cross examination): Studi kasus di Pengadilan Agama Kota Malang
… keterangan yang didalilkan oleh saksi dari pihak lawan. Sehingga dari sini terlihat adanya suatu ketidaksesuaian antara praktek yang terjadi di pengadilan dengan peraturan perundang-undangan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui proses pemeriksaan saksi secara silang (cross …
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ANTROPOLOGIE DEI DIRITTI UMANI. PERCORSI AFRICANI.
… topic is increasing its relevance in the field of legal studies and in the agenda of inter/transnational actors. The Sociology of Law is deeply engaged in this dialogue, but some of its contributions seem to share a common lack of concern about the dimensions of cultural legitimacy and politics …
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Vina a odpovědnost v kontextu trestního práva:diskurzivní praktiky a strategie
… definitions constructing the man as a subject of criminal law, a subject responsible for his actions. It focuses on the ways the political domain (in particular, the lower and upper chambers of the Czech Parliament) and the scientific domain (in particular, legal science, criminology and …
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Law Without Recognition: The Lack of Judicial Discretion to Consider Individual Lives and Legal Equities in United States Immigration Law
<p>Law is not separate and apart from society but exists as a unique institution within society both being directed by social change and affecting social change. The history of U.S. immigration law shows that immigrants were welcomed or rejected depending on economic, political, and social factors …
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THE CONSERVATION AND PROMOTION OF THE 'CULTURAL HERITAGE OF MANKIND': WHICH OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW?
The research consists in an international law-based analysis which, focusing on the issue of determining the obligations set up, notably, by the United Nations, towards the protection of the ‘cultural heritage of mankind’ pending on the international community, approaches the enhancement of the …
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Rätt, norm och tillämpning : En studie av normativa mönster vid beslut enligt LSS på tre arenor
The focus of this study is on the application of the Swedish Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments (LSS), and the gap between law in books and law in action. The methodology of the thesis involves empirical studies founded in social science theory. The …
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Carceral civil society: Citizenship and communities in a U.S. prison
Couched in frameworks of Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality, this dissertation uses the lenses of citizenship and civil society to examine communities in a men’s medium security Illinois state prison. Prisons are spaces removed from free civil society where every aspect of associational …
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