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Title: Dominant ideological power relations and prevailing discursive practices in family court texts
Authors: Holland, Helena
Keywords: Domestic relations courts -- Malta
Judgments -- Malta
Discourse analysis
Law -- Language
Issue Date: 2017
Abstract: This research has been submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master in Gender Studies. The research is informed by court judgements from the Family Court within the Courts of Malta. It includes a textual and critical discourse analysis of judgements issued by the Family Court Section of the Courts of Malta. These judgements are available on the Court Services - Justice Online web site. The methodology of this research is mainly of a qualitative nature with some quantitative elements: all Family Court judgements issued between the 15th February 2016 and 15th June 2016 were downloaded and analysed superficially to create a picture offering brief overview of each case and the outcome. Six cases were then selected for in-depth analysis. Given that the selected judgements were in Maltese, the analysis also involved a translation of the text. The analysis of the judgement texts aims to explore the discursive practice - the ideological and gendered discourses - that underpin these judgements, the financial outcomes and how these impact men and women. The most prominent elements resulting from the analysis were those of power, colonialism and religion; their influence on the concepts of marriage, gender and family as promulgated by the Maltese Law Courts.
Description: M.GENDER STUD.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/24509
Appears in Collections:Dissertations - FacSoW - 2017
Dissertations - FacSoWGS - 2017

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