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

博士论文研究：西非塞内加尔的家庭暴力和家庭法

• 批准号: 9412061
• 负责人: Susan Philips
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-01-01 至 1997-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9412061&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Domestice; Violence

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.

本论文改进项目考察了塞内加尔圣路易斯沃洛夫人家庭暴力和法律的文化、思想和行为维度。研究对象包括在区域法庭参与家庭暴力案件的男女纠纷人士和法律专业人士。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，将引出有关法律和家庭暴力的若干主题的信息。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，或者，在何种程度上维持使家庭暴力得以持续的条件。为了实现这一目标，将调查三组问题：(1)女性和男性争议者在法律、性别和暴力方面持有什么信念，这些信念如何影响争议者对法律体系的要求？（二）法律专业人员如何解释法律，这对他们处理案件和案件结果有何影响？(3)案件结果是否为遭受家庭暴力的妇女提供救济？从这项研究中获得的信息将对美国、塞内加尔和伊斯兰世界其他国家的法律专业人士和学者具有潜在的用途。