Livstidsstraff för mord: en rättssociologisk analys av lagstiftarens argumentation
(2018) RÄSK02 20181Department of Sociology of Law
- Abstract
- In 2014, a law intended to make increased use of life sentences in murder convictions was passed by a large margin in parliament. However, during the remittance leading up to its passing, it had taken flak from the referral bodies, criticizing it for being uncalled for and ill-prepared. Two years after its passing, it was in effect invalidated by a supreme court ruling. In response the government issued a new – still pending – law proposal with the same purpose, only tweaking the judicial text to address the courts reason for dismissing the previous amendment. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the arguments used by the legislator for and against the law passed in 2014. To establish the reasoning behind the legislation the government... (More)
- In 2014, a law intended to make increased use of life sentences in murder convictions was passed by a large margin in parliament. However, during the remittance leading up to its passing, it had taken flak from the referral bodies, criticizing it for being uncalled for and ill-prepared. Two years after its passing, it was in effect invalidated by a supreme court ruling. In response the government issued a new – still pending – law proposal with the same purpose, only tweaking the judicial text to address the courts reason for dismissing the previous amendment. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the arguments used by the legislator for and against the law passed in 2014. To establish the reasoning behind the legislation the government bill, the criticism from the referral bodies and the debate protocol from the parliament debate are analyzed using the pro et contra argumentation analysis method. Luhmann’s systems and communication theories are then applied to the results, and the analysis examines the conflict surrounding the law as a matter of communication between opposing social systems – the legal and the political. (Less)
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- author
- Hällgren, Gustav LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- RÄSK02 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Argumentationsanalys, livstidsstraff, Luhmann, mord, pro et contra
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8948902
- date added to LUP
- 2018-06-25 12:18:27
- date last changed
- 2018-06-25 12:18:27
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