Doctoral Dissertation Research: Domestice Violence and Family Law in Senegal, West Africa

9412061飞利浦这个论文改进项目调查了塞内加尔圣路易斯的沃尔夫人的家庭暴力和法律的文化、意识形态和行为层面。研究对象将包括参与区域法庭家庭暴力案件的男女争论者和法律专业人员。人类学方法，包括结构化和非结构化访谈、法庭观察和参与者观察，将获得与法律和家庭暴力有关的一些主题的信息。这项研究的主要目的是确定法律在多大程度上提供了挑战家庭暴力的手段，以及在何种程度上维持了使家庭暴力持续存在的条件。为了追求这一目标，将调查三组问题：(1)女性和男性争议人对法律、性别和暴力持有什么信仰，这些信念如何影响争议人对法律制度的要求？(2)法律专业人员如何解释法律，这对他们的案件处理和案件结果有何影响？(3)案件结果是否为面临家庭暴力的妇女提供补救？从这项研究中获得的信息将对美国、塞内加尔和其他伊斯兰世界的法律专业人士和学者有潜在的用处。

9412061 Philips This Dissertation Improvement project examines the cultural, ideological, and behavioral dimensions of domestic violence and law among the Wolof of St. Louis, Senegal. Study subjects will include female and male disputants and legal professionals participating in domestic violence cases at the Regional Tribunal. Anthropological methods, including structured and unstructured interviews, court observations, and participant observation will elicit information on a number of subjects pertaining to law and domestic violence. The chief objective of this study is to determine to what extent the law provides a means for challenging domestic violence, and, alternatively, in what measure it maintains the conditions enabling domestic violence to persist. To pursue this objective, three sets of questions will be investigated: (1) what beliefs do female and male disputants hold regarding the law, gender, and violence, and how do these beliefs shape the demands disputants make on the legal system?; (2) how do legal professionals interpret the law, and how does this affect their handling of cases and case outcomes?; and (3) do case outcomes offer remedies for women facing domestic violence? Information obtained from this research will be of potential use to legal professionals and scholars in the United States, Senegal, and the rest of the Islamic world.