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”Kvinnor anses inte lämpade inom domarämbetet” - En rättshistorisk studie av motiven till behörighetslagen 1923 med fokus på domaryrket

Klang, Emma LU (2020) JURM02 20202
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract
This essay is about the part of the history of the women's movement where women's right to higher civil service is affected. In time as the industrialization happened, Swedish society changed which resulted in that women took their place in the labor market in a completely different way than before. Since the middle of the 19th century, women were active in the state labor market and gained access to university studies in the early 1870s. Despite this, women did not have the right to take up higher government positions due to the form of section 28 of the Instrument of Government. This meant that women could not become judges, university teachers, civil servants or hospital doctors. An authority committee was appointed in 1919 to... (More)
This essay is about the part of the history of the women's movement where women's right to higher civil service is affected. In time as the industrialization happened, Swedish society changed which resulted in that women took their place in the labor market in a completely different way than before. Since the middle of the 19th century, women were active in the state labor market and gained access to university studies in the early 1870s. Despite this, women did not have the right to take up higher government positions due to the form of section 28 of the Instrument of Government. This meant that women could not become judges, university teachers, civil servants or hospital doctors. An authority committee was appointed in 1919 to investigate this, and it is also the committee's reports and the parliamentary debates that were conducted in connection with this that form the basis for this essay.

The purpose of the thesis has been to study the motives to the Competence Act from 1923 and its connection to the judicial profession according to a women's perspective. The purpose has also been to investigate the factors that led to the Competence Act coming in 1923. The arguments put forward regarding the characteristics of women could be interpreted both for and against the Competence Act which created an ambiguity in the debate. The fact that universal suffrage had been voted through in 1919, immediately before the origin of the Competence Act, also had its role in the debates in which women were then considered equal in the public legal field. One of my questions has been whether the issue was considered a democracy issue or a women's issue and I find that it was considered a women's issue under arguments related to justice did not weigh as heavily as arguments based on societal benefits. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Denna uppsats handlar om den delen av kvinnorörelsens historia där kvinnors rätt till högre statstjänster berörs. I takt med industrialiseringen förändrades det svenska samhället och medförde att kvinnor tog plats på arbetsmarknaden på ett helt annat sätt än tidigare. Sedan mitten av 1800-talet var kvinnor aktiva på den statliga arbetsmarknaden och fick tillträde till universitetsstudier i början av 1870-talet. Trots detta hade kvinnor inte rätt att tillträda högre statliga tjänster på grund av hur regeringsformens 28 § var utformad. Det innebar att kvinnor inte kunde bli domare, universitetslärare, ämbetsman eller sjukhusläkare. Det tillsattes en behörighetskommitté år 1919 för att utreda detta och det är även kommitténs betänkanden samt... (More)
Denna uppsats handlar om den delen av kvinnorörelsens historia där kvinnors rätt till högre statstjänster berörs. I takt med industrialiseringen förändrades det svenska samhället och medförde att kvinnor tog plats på arbetsmarknaden på ett helt annat sätt än tidigare. Sedan mitten av 1800-talet var kvinnor aktiva på den statliga arbetsmarknaden och fick tillträde till universitetsstudier i början av 1870-talet. Trots detta hade kvinnor inte rätt att tillträda högre statliga tjänster på grund av hur regeringsformens 28 § var utformad. Det innebar att kvinnor inte kunde bli domare, universitetslärare, ämbetsman eller sjukhusläkare. Det tillsattes en behörighetskommitté år 1919 för att utreda detta och det är även kommitténs betänkanden samt riksdagsdebatterna som fördes i samband med detta som ligger till grund för denna uppsats.

Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att studera motiven till behörighetslagen från 1923 och dess koppling till domaryrket enligt ett kvinnoperspektiv. Syftet har även varit att utreda de faktorer som gjorde att behörighetslagen kom just 1923. De argument som fördes fram gällande kvinnors egenskaper kunde tolkas både för- och emot behörighetslagen vilket skapade en dubbeltydighet i debatten. Det faktum att den allmänna rösträtten 1919 hade röstats igenom, strax före behörighetslagens tillkomst, hade också sin roll i debatterna eftersom kvinnan då ansågs likställd inom det offentligrättsliga området. En av mina frågeställningar har varit ifall frågan betraktades som en demokratifråga eller en kvinnofråga och jag landar i att det betraktades som en kvinnofråga eftersom argument som rörde rättvisa inte vägde lika tungt som argument baserade på samhällsnyttan. (Less)
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author
Klang, Emma LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
"Women are not suitable for the judiciary"
course
JURM02 20202
year
type
H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
subject
keywords
rättshistoria, kvinnor, statstjänst
language
Swedish
id
9034160
date added to LUP
2021-01-25 11:15:34
date last changed
2021-01-27 10:52:28
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The purpose of the thesis has been to study the motives to the Competence Act from 1923 and its connection to the judicial profession according to a women's perspective. The purpose has also been to investigate the factors that led to the Competence Act coming in 1923. The arguments put forward regarding the characteristics of women could be interpreted both for and against the Competence Act which created an ambiguity in the debate. The fact that universal suffrage had been voted through in 1919, immediately before the origin of the Competence Act, also had its role in the debates in which women were then considered equal in the public legal field. One of my questions has been whether the issue was considered a democracy issue or a women's issue and I find that it was considered a women's issue under arguments related to justice did not weigh as heavily as arguments based on societal benefits.}},
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