Universität Wien

030814 KU Gender, law and power (2023S)

Intersectional perspectives of Legal Gender Studies

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED
Moodle

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Bitte beachten Sie, dass der Kurs in unterschiedlichen Hörsälen stattfinden wird - versichern Sie sich jedes Mal, dass Sie den richtigen Raum ansteuern.

  • Tuesday 14.03. 15:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1 (Kickoff Class)
  • Tuesday 21.03. 15:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum SEM42 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
  • Tuesday 28.03. 15:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
  • Tuesday 18.04. 15:00 - 17:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 25.04. 15:00 - 17:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 02.05. 15:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
  • Tuesday 09.05. 15:05 - 17:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 16.05. 15:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
  • Tuesday 23.05. 15:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In its first part, the course is an introduction to some essential currents of legal gender studies – against the background of the thesis that law is, in principle, a suitable instrument for furthering the emancipation of marginalized persons and groups, even if the outcome of legal reform is frequently ambivalent. One main task is to carve out fundamental questions of equality and inequality as well as equality and difference, respectively, in their everyday configuration, their theoretical framing and their expression in legal discourse. It is shown how law constitutes gender relations, also as relations of power. The focus is on the diversity of feminist jurisprudence, containing different approaches such as equality doctrine, theories of equality and difference or Catharine MacKinnon’s dominance theory of gender relations. The presentation leads to theories of the intersectional entanglement of diverse grounds of discrimination, as introduced by Kimberlé Crenshaw.
The second part of the course is dedicated to current challenges; the specific contents are yet to be announced.

Assessment and permitted materials

Discussion papers, two small papers (reflexion texts), choice between written and oral examinations

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Concise characterization of issues based on the literature of the examination, understanding of the complexity of the issues and problems discussed.

Examination topics

Identification of literature made available on Moodle as examination material

Reading list

Will be provided via Moodle

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Th 11.05.2023 11:26