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This thesis is a study of the position of women in Icelandic society which incorporates historical and contemporary perspectives. It is divided into three sections, entitled Invisible Women, Visible Women and Becoming Visible. The first part opens with an outline history of Iceland from its settlement by the Vikings until the beginning of the nineteenth century. Particular attention is paid to the life of women, both aristocrats and those of other classes and the gender-related division of labour. This analysis is elaborated in the next chapter which utilises census data from the area in which I carried out fieldwork, to examine the form and functions of the household and changes in women's role resulting from the industrialisation of the society. The following two chapters consider women's dual contemporary role as housewives and wage earners, focussing on fish-factory work. The section entitled Visible Women concerns The Women's Day Off (Kvennafrfdagurinn) held in 1975, when the majority of Icelandic women stopped work for one day. The Day is described and the reasons for the mass participation of the nation's women are analysed. The final section of the thesis is a consideration of those organisations which have campaigned on behalf of Icelandic women. Chapter seven describes the women's societies which developed in the nineteenth century, the suffrage movement, women's trades unions and legislation during this century which formally extended women's rights. The final chapter analyses The Redstockings Movement (RauOsokkahreyfingin), the Icelandic representative of the modern feminist movement. Its inception, structure, growth, development and relationship with other organisations are examined.

The thesis falls into two main sections. It endeavours to analyse the major aspects of Maltese society in the second half of the eighteenth century as they emerge from a close scrutiny of the Archives of the Inquisition in Malta. The approach is mainly that of the ethnologist, a social history written 'from below'. The ultimate purpose was to try to arrive at as clear and accurate a picture of the Maltese mentalite as the archives permitted. Unfortunately, the Archives of the Inquisition in Malta have hardly ever been seriously studied by the social historian. Their richness and diversity not only cast enormous insight into the mental habits and frame of mind of a wide cross-section of Maltese society; they even shed sufficient light on a wide range of the social life of the Maltese. The subject is also approached from the point of view of the legal historian. The Inquisition was a Tribunal of Faith set up to stop the onslaught of Protestantism, as well as to reform the superstitious accretions to popular religion practised by the remaining part of the Catholic Church. The thesis examines the events leading to the charge and possibly arrest of the accused. Most of the reports were self-accusations and those arrested were taken into custody only after much deliberation. If the Inquisitors did make use of torture the accused was assisted by the defence counsel and produced his own witnesses. No instance of death sentences are encountered with in the second half of the eighteenth century and those found guilty were kindly dealt with, the Inquisitors being only after their conversion.

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Sveriges riksdag beslutade den 13 juni 2018 att barnkonventionen skulle kodifieras till svensk lag den 1 januari 2020. Denna uppsats ämnar att ge läsaren en orientering i de rättsliga förutsättningarna som gäller för häktningar av barn i åldersspannet 15 - 18 år, och hur Sveriges lagstiftning lever upp till barnkonventionens krav. Sverige har vid upprepade tillfällen kritiserats av barnrättskommittén gällande landets behandling av lagöverträdare under 18 år som suttit häktade. Innan barnkonventionen inkorporeras i svensk lagstiftning kan vissa förändringar i den sistnämnda behöva ske - för att häktningar i Sverige ska bedömas som samstämmiga med konventionens krav. Barnrättskommittén har lyft införandet av häktningstider för barn och unga som ett område av särskilt behov av lagstiftning. Ytterligare har kommittén krävt förbättrad implementering av den redan lagstadgade informationsgivningen som ska ges vid misstanke av brott, för att barnkonventionens krav i artikel 37 och 40 ska anses uppfyllda.

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