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Gender and Law

Code: 106969
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Sociocultural Gender Studies OB 2

Contact lecturer

Name :
Maria Barcons Campmajo
Email :
maria.barcons@uab.cat

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

Students are required to have successfully completed the first-year course “Foundations of Law.”

The course will be delivered in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework.

Objectives

  1. To promote a critical analysis of the creation, application, and interpretation of Law from a gender perspective.
  2. To identify the factors that hinder substantive and effective equality, from an intersectional gender perspective, across the different branches of the legal system.
  3. To conduct case-study analyses of the purported neutrality of Law through Spanish and European case law.

Learning outcomes

  • CM01 (Propose examples of legal solutions to discrimination against women and the LGTBIQ+ community.) Propose examples of legal solutions to discrimination against women and the LGTBIQ+ community.
  • CM02 (Propose consequences for direct, indirect or multiple discrimination against sex, gender or sexual orientation.) Propose consequences for direct, indirect or multiple discrimination against sex, gender or sexual orientation.
  • KM03 (Identify the issues related to equality between men and women in legislation and case law.) Identify the issues related to equality between men and women in legislation and case law.
  • SM62 (Select different tools for analysing and explaining how gender equality policies are formulated, decided, implemented and evaluated.) Select different tools for analysing and explaining how gender equality policies are formulated, decided, implemented and evaluated.

Contents

Topic 1. Feminist Legal Theories

Topic 2. Gender Equality Policies

Topic 3. Spanish Gender Violence Act: Organic Law on Integrated Protection Measures against Gender Violence (Organic Law 1/2004)

Topic 4. Catalan Law on Male Violence against Women: Act on the Right of Women to Eradicate Male Violence (Act 5/2008)

Topic 5. Organic Law on the Comprehensive Guarantee of Sexual Freedom (Organic Law 10/2022)

Topic 6. Family Rights from a Gender Perspective

Topic 7. A Legal Approach through an Intersectional Perspective

Topic 8. Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Topic 9. Bioethics: Assisted Reproduction Techniques

Topic 10. Prostitution and Sex Work

Topic 11. Artificial Intelligence: Algorithmic Discrimination and Gender Bias

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Tutorships 22 0.88
Teamwork 15 0.6
Practical classe 22 0.88
Individual work 42 1.68
Theoretical class 22 0.88


Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Class Attendance and Participation 10% 10 0.4 CM01, CM02, KM03, SM62
Final Exam 50% 2 0.08 CM01, CM02, KM03, SM62
Practical Activity 1 20% 7.5 0.3 CM01, CM02, KM03, SM62
Practical Activity 2 20% 7.5 0.3 CM01, CM02, KM03, SM62

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Continuous assessment will consist of the following activities:

  • Practical Activity 1 (20%)
  • Practical Activity 2 (20%)
  • Attendance and Class Participation (10%)
  • Final Exam (50%)


The dates and content of the assessed activities will be published on the Virtual Campus before the beginning of the classes.


Students are encouraged to attend classes regularly and to complete the activities scheduled throughout the course (readings, legislative commentaries, case law analysis, etc.).


The Final Exam must be passed with a mark higher than 5 out of 10 in order for it to be averaged with the remaining Continuous Assessment grades.

Any irregularity committed by a student that may lead to a significant alteration of the grade obtained in an assessment activity will result in a grade of 0 for that activity, regardless of any disciplinary proceedings that may be initiated. In the event of multiple irregularities in the assessment activities of the same course, the final grade for the course will be 0.


Should the assessment activities be unable to take place in person, their format will be adapted (while maintaining the same weighting) to the possibilities offered by the UAB virtual learning environment. Assignments, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or exercise discussions via Teams, etc. The lecturer will ensure that students are able to access these tools or will provide alternative means whenever possible.


Grade Review Procedure

At the time each assessment activity is carried out, the lecturer will inform students (via Moodle) of the procedure and date for reviewing grades.


Conditions for the “Not Assessed” Grade

Students will receive a grade of “Not Assessed” if they have not submitted and/or passed more than two-thirds of the assessment activities.


RESIT ASSESSMENT

A resit assessment will be offered only for the Final Exam component.


SINGLE ASSESSMENT

This option must be requested at the beginning of the course or subsequently due to unforeseen circumstances.

  • Practical Activity 1 (25%)
  • Practical Activity 2 (25%)
  • Content Examination (50%)


Use of Artificial Intelligence

For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, text editing, or translations. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using these technologies, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how they have influenced both the process and the final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in an assessed activity will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a partial or total penalty in the activity grade, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.

Bibliography

BODELÓN GONZÁLEZ (2010). Las leyes de igualdad de género en España y Europa: ¿hacia una nueva ciudadanía?, Anuario de Filosofía del Derecho, (26), 85-106. https://revistas.mjusticia.gob.es/index.php/AFD/article/view/2175/2175

BODELÓN, Encarna (coord.) (2012). Violencia de género y las respuestas de los sistemas penales. Ediciones Didot.

COSTA, Malena (2015). El pensamiento jurídico feminista en los confines del Siglo XX. Asparkía: investigació feminista, 26, 35-49. https://raco.cat/index.php/Asparkia/article/view/299750.

COSTA, Malena (2016). Feminismos Jurídicos. Editorial Didot.

FRASER, Nancy (2012). La política feminista en la era del reconocimiento: un enfoque bidimensional de la justicia de género. Arenal: Revista de historia de las mujeres, (Ejemplar dedicado a: Debates actuales sobre justicia y género: la teoría tridimensional de la justicia de Nancy Fraser), 19(2), 267-286, https://doi.org/10.30827/arenal.v19i2.1417

GARCÍA SEDANO, Tania (2025). Una aproximación al abordaje de la violencia de género en España. En Tania Garcia Sedano; Sama de las Heras Aguilera y Elena Laporta Hernández, De la violencia de género a las violencias contra las mujeres por razón de género: 20 años de Ley Orgánica 1/2004 de 28 de diciembre (pp. 57-72). Colex. De la violencia de género a las violencias contra las mujeres por razón de género - Colex Open Access

GONZÁLEZ PRADO, Patricia (2020). Jurisprudencia comparada sobre aborto: cuando los feminismos impregnan el derecho. Cuadernos electrónicos de filosofía del derecho, (42), 135-157, https://doi.org/10.7203/CEFD.42.16026

IGAREDA GONZÁLEZ, Noelia (2023). Las controversias sobre la Ley del “Sí es sí” sobre violencia sexual. Política Criminal, 18(36), pp. 564-590. http://politcrim.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Vol18N36A3.pdf

IGAREDA GONZÁLEZ, Noelia (2018). La gestación por sustitución: una oportunidad para repensar la filiación y la reproducción humana. Revista De Bioética Y Derecho, 57-72. https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2018.0.20574

IGAREDA, Noelia (2012). Las madresposas en el sistema de protección social español. Aequalitas, Revista Jurídica de Igualdad de Oportunidades entre Mujeres y Hombres,nº30 (Enero-Junio 2012), 48-53.

MORERO BELTRÁN, Anna; GONZALEZ PRADO, Patricia (2023). Derechos sexuales y reproductivos: tensiones y estado actual en Catalunya. Anuari del conflicte social, 14, https://doi.org/10.1344/ACS2023.14.9.

MACKINNON, Catherine (1995). Hacia una teoría feminista del Estado. Ediciones Cátedra.

MAQUEDA, Maria Luisa (2009). Prostitución, feminismos y Derecho Penal. Editorial Comares.

MESTRE I MESTRE, Ruth M. (2021). El trabajo sexual es trabajo: dos argumentos pro derechos de las trabajadoras del sexo, Jueces para la democracia, Nº 101, 45-56.

NICOLÁS, Gemma; BODELÓN, Encarna (comps): Gènero y dominación. Críticas feministas del derecho y el poder. Antropos.

OKIN, Susan (1989). Justice, Gender and the Family, Basic Books.

ROMÁN MARTÍN, Laura (2022). La Llei 5/2008, del dret de les dones a erradicar la violència masclista: reflexions a propòsit de la seva reforma per la Llei 17/2020. https://doi.org/10.2436/20.8080.01.95

VASILESCU, Cristina y BARCONS CAMPMAJÓ, Maria (2025). La criminalización de la prostitución en España y las consecuencias para las trabajadoras sexuales. En Cristina Fernández Bessa (dir.), Criminología pública y feminismos no punitivos: violencia sexual, género y castigo (p. 69-94). Tirant lo Blanch.

Software

This course does not require the use of any specific software.

Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(TE) Theory 1 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(PAUL) Classroom practices 1 Catalan first semester morning-mixed