Search results for: “social role”
-
Social Group
Membership in a particular social group and the Refugee Issues As published by the UNHCR in relation to Membership in a particular social group: Assuming that the acts involved in the trafficking for sexual exploitation are determined to constitute persecution, it must be assessed whether the […]
-
Social Group
Membership in a particular social group and the Refugee Issues As published by the UNHCR in relation to Membership in a particular social group: Assuming that the acts involved in the trafficking for sexual exploitation are determined to constitute persecution, it must be assessed whether the […]
-
Social-Structural Theories
Environmental and Social Theories of Crime: Social Causes: Social-Structural TheoriesIntroduction to Social-Structural TheoriesThe social-structural approach emphasizes the effects of an individual's position in society and the constraints that the person's status puts on h…
-
History of Social Darwinism
History of Social Darwinism Origins Social Darwinism originated in Britain during the second half of the 19th century. Darwin did not address human evolution in his most famous study, On the Origin of Species (1859), which focused on the evolution of plants and animals. He applied his theories of natural selection specifically to people in…
-
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism Social Darwinism Definition Social Darwinism, term coined in the late 19th century to describe the idea that humans, like animals and plants, compete in a struggle for existence in which natural selection results in “survival of the fittest.” Introduction Social Darwinists base their beliefs on theories of evolution developed by British naturalist Charles…
-
Environmental and Social Theories of Crime
Environmental and Social Theories of Crime The most common criminological theories attribute criminal motivation to environmental or social factors rather than biological or psychological traits. These theories may focus on social influences on crime or on economic factors. Social Causes One of the first theories describing the influence of social factors on crime came from…
-
Socialist Legal Systems
Socialist Legal Systems Socialist law is the legal system used in most Communist states. It is based on the civil law system and Marxist-Leninist ideology. During the cold war period, it was incorporated into the legal systems of the Soviet Union and its former satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe. These systems were built…
-
Social partners in the European Union
Social partners in the European Union This is jargon for the two sides of industry i.e. employers and workers. At EU level they are represented by three main organisations: The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), representing workers; The Union of Industries of the European Community (UNICE), representing private sector employers; The European Centre for Public…
-
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Part 2
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Part 2 12 Mental health and human rights: The role of the law in developing a right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of mental health in Australia Bernadette McSherry Journal of Law and Medicine Volume 15, Number 5, May 2008 p.773 LAW JOURNAL / LAW…
-
Formal and Informal Law: The Role of Ethics
Formal and Informal Law: The Role of Ethics “To this point the analysis has been based in the implicit assumption that formal, codified rules and regulations, requiring explicit collective implementation, make up the primary if not the sole content of “law.”Before we consider further causes of observed breakdown in law-abiding, it is essential to incorporate…