Le pluralisme religieux est une réalité objective au Royaume-Uni et en France. Les minorités religieuses, demeurent un sujet récurrent qui suscite d’intarissables réflexions, d’études, de débats scientifiques et politiques. Elles sont une véritable préoccupation pour le politique, l’Europe et l’Etat ; à telle enseigne qu’il faille s’interroger sur ce que l’Etat peut leur proposer comme meilleure protection au XXIème siècle. La France et le Royaume-Uni sont confrontés à ce défi. Outre, la neutralité de l’Etat au regard de la religion rend complexes les rapports de ces minorités religieuses avec l’Etat en France où le concept de minorités religieuses n’est pas connu du droit français en vertu du caractère laïque de l’Etat français proclamé par l’article 1er de sa Constitution et la loi du 9 Décembre 1905 de la Séparation de l’Etat et de l’Eglise. Les minorités religieuses sont un non-sujet en droit français. Mais au Royaume-Uni, les minorités qualifiées de confessions religieuses sont reconnues quand bien même l’Eglise Anglicane est l’Eglise établie et officielle, avec à sa tête la Reine Elizabeth II. Il n’y a pas de séparation entre l’Eglise et l’Etat. En Ecosse, l’Eglise Presbytérienne fait figure d’Eglise établie, mais séparée de l’Etat. Aussi, toujours liée aux minorités religieuses, la question de l’application du principe d’ajustement raisonnable pour écarter des cas de discrimination en matière religieuse. L’ordre juridique britannique connaît ce principe et l’applique. Alors qu’en France, ce principe est ignoré et fait l’objet d’une application purement informelle. Certes, la globalisation apporte des faits positifs en Europe et notamment dans ces deux Etats, mais elle contient aussi des risques auxquels il faut prêter attention au XXIème siècle. Ainsi, les minorités nationales, les communautés linguistiques et les différentes unités constitutives de l’Etat demandent, en faisant appel au principe de la diversité, la reconnaissance de leurs droits collectifs, une multiplication des structures régionales et le perfectionnement de leurs prérogatives. L’apparition des « nouvelles minorités », celles des immigrants posent de nouvelles difficultés. En pratique, la religion historique du pays est privilégiée. Les religions pratiquées par les immigrés – Islam, Bouddhisme, Hindouisme, etc – sont alors l’objet d’une discrimination plus ou moins forte. Le besoin de visibilité de ces religions – et de l’Islam en occurrence – remet en cause le cadre fixé à la fin du XIXème siècle qui régit le fonctionnement des religions dans les divers Etats. Cette évolution touche plus durement les Etats laïcs de tradition catholique comme la France que les pays de tradition protestante où la place du religieux dans l’espace public est par tradition plus facilement acceptée comme le Royaume-Uni. Il faut aussi considérer que les religions importées par les populations migrantes sont souvent des « ethno-religions ». L’enjeu identitaire y est considérable, et il tend même à se substituer à celui de la liberté de croyance. Le Royaume-Uni et la France s’inscrivent dans ce registre à propos de leurs minorités religieuses. / Religious pluralism is an objective reality in France and Great-Britain. The religious minorities remain a recurring subject which inexhaustible reflections, studies, scientific and political debates. They show real concern to policymakers, Europe and State; so much so that it is necessary to wonder about what the State can propose them as better protection in the XXIst century. France and Great-Britain are confronted with this challenge. Besides the neutrality of the State with regard to the religion, makes complex relationships of these religious minorities with the State in France; where the concept of religious minorities is not known of French Law by virtue of the secularity – laic – character of the French State proclaimed by the 1st article of its Constitution and the Law of December 9th, 1905 of the Separation of the State and the Church. The religious minorities are no-subject in French Law. But in Great-Britain, the qualified religious, minorities of religious confessions are recognized when well even the Church of England is established and official Church with at its head Queen Elizabeth II. There is no separation between the Church and the State. In Scotland, the Kirk as considered as established Church and separated from the State. Also, always related to religious minorities, the question of application of reasonable principle of accommodation to draw aside from the cases of discrimination out of religious matter. The British legal order knows this principle and applies. Whereas in France this principle is ignored and is the object of purely abstract application. Admittedly, the globalization brings positive facts to Europe and in particular in these two States, but it contains also risks for which it is necessary to pay attention to the XXIst century. Thus, the national minorities, the speech communities and the various constitutional units of the State require, by calling on the principle of diversity, recognition of their collective rights, a multiplication of regional structures and improvement of their prerogative. The appearance of the “new minorities”, those of immigrants raises new difficulties. In practice, the historical religion of the country is often privileged. The religions practiced by immigrants – Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc – are then the object of more or less strong discrimination. The need for the visibility of these religions – Islam I occurrence – calls into question the framework fixed at the end of XIXth century which governs the operation of religions in the various States. This evolution touches hardly the secular States of Catholic tradition like France, than the countries of Protestant tradition where the place of religious in public space is by tradition more easily accepted like Great-Britain. It as should be considered as the religions imported by migrant populations are often “ethno-religions”. The identity challenge is considerable there, and it even tends to replace that of freedom of belief. Great-Britain and France fall under this register in connection with their religious minorities.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:21:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Beatriz Ribeiro Dias.pdf: 803647 bytes, checksum: 73cbae35ad1e69a84fd02eac03fff683 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-20 / The labor is a factor of production that, besides supporting the economy, provides to Human Beings means to guarantee their livelihood and their basic needs. Therefore, it is valued by the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil as the foundation of the Federal Republic, as a principle of the economic order, and as the basis of the social order. In this sense, mechanisms for employment protection acquire importance. The object of this study is the analysis of the individual motivated dismissal from the perspective of Article 7, I, of the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil. We sought to identify its classification and consequences of its application, based on the historical analysis, on the international standard, and on the Portugal's law, which is a country with culture, social and economic influence similar to Brazil, and with an interesting proceeding for the individual motivated dismissal. With regard to the research techniques, we use both documental and bibliographical researches. In the bibliographical research we note the excellence of the authors chosen and the corresponding pertinence of the central theme of this dissertation, without excluding books that helped us to base concepts to complete this debate / O trabalho é fator de produção que, além de sustentar a economia, garante ao ser humano meios para seu sustento e para manutenção de suas necessidades básicas Por isso, é valorizado pela Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil como fundamento da República Federativa (artigo 1º, IV); como princípio da ordem econômica (artigo 170, VIII); e como base da ordem social (artigo 193). Neste contexto, os mecanismos para a proteção da relação de emprego ganham importância. O objetivo deste estudo é a análise da dispensa individual motivada sob a perspectiva do artigo 7º, I, da Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil. Buscamos identificar o seu conceito e as consequências da sua aplicação, valendonos da análise histórica, do padrão internacional (Convenção nº 158, da Organização Internacional do Trabalho) e da legislação desenvolvida por Portugal, país com traços culturais, sociais e econômicos semelhantes ao Brasil e com interessante procedimentalização da dispensa individual motivada. Em relação às técnicas de pesquisa, empregamos tanto a documental quanto a bibliográfica. Na pesquisa bibliográfica observamos a excelência dos autores escolhidos e a respectiva pertinência com o tema central do trabalho, sem afastar obras que nos ajudaram a embasar conceitos periféricos para complemento do debate

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Carolina Victalino de Oliveira.pdf: 1536656 bytes, checksum: 8b97c858416d65edab8570a77cbc251d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-09 / The judicial activism by means of a proactive action of the judges is considered to be necessary for the implementation of the constitutional provision of the reasonable duration of the process. The reasonable duration of the process incorporated in the Brazilian legislation since 1992 with the promulgation of the Pact of San Jose in Costa Rica reached a status of fundamental right with the Constitutional Amendment No. 45 as of 2004 (article 5, LXXVIII of the Federal Constitution). Thus, since the 1990s, the legislative changes have become frequent, especially in the Civil Procedure Code, aiming to ensure the claimants the complete, concrete and satisfactory implementation of law within a reasonable period. In addition to the judicial assistance within a reasonable time, the judicial protection must be effective and not limited to the statement of the law. It is in this context that it is proposed that the judge act in a proactive way in conducting the proceeding, acting as a manager. In this sense, both the constitutional principles and the procedure principles that guide the activity of the judge and the proceeding must be interpreted from the standpoint of the effectiveness of the duration of the proceeding within a reasonable period. Therefore, this research aims to study the action of the judge towards the implementation of the constitutional provision of the reasonable duration of the process, analyzing not only the aspects related to the topic but also indicating certain actions that are expected from the judges in order to observe the constitutional purpose in question. However, this is not a final word on the subject, but just certain ideas to achieve a process with a reasonable duration / ativismo judicial, por meio da atuação proativa dos magistrados, apresenta-se necessário para a concretização da cláusula constitucional da duração razoável do processo. A duração razoável do processo incorporada no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro desde 1992 com a promulgação do Pacto San José da Costa Rica alcançou status de direito fundamental com a Emenda Constitucional nº45 de 2004 (art.5º LXXVIII da Constituição Federal). Assim, desde a década de 1990, são frequentes as alterações legislativas, especialmente no Código de Processo Civil, com o objetivo de assegurar ao jurisdicionado a realização completa, concreta e satisfatória do direito, em prazo razoável. Além da prestação jurisdicional em um prazo razoável, a tutela jurisdicional deve ser efetiva, não podendo se limitar apenas à declaração do direito. É neste contexto que se propõe que o julgador atue de forma proativa na condução do processo, agindo como um gestor. Nesse sentido, tanto os princípios constitucionais quanto os princípios processuais que norteiam a atividade do juiz e o processo precisam ser interpretados sob o aspecto da efetividade do processo em prazo razoável. Desse modo, esta pesquisa objetiva estudar a atuação do juiz em prol da concretização da cláusula constitucional da duração razoável do processo, analisando não apenas os institutos relacionados ao tema, mas também, indicando algumas ações esperadas dos magistrados para que a finalidade constitucional em questão seja respeitada. Não se trata, porém, de uma palavra final sobre o tema, mas apenas de algumas ideias para se alcançar um processo com duração razoável de tramitação

A lentidão processual é um indicador de ineficiência da justiça e também uma de suas causas. A normal duração dos processos cíveis está comprometida por uma série de fatores, tais como o aumento da litigiosidade, a falta de infraestrutura dos órgãos judiciários e insuficiente utilização das novas tecnologias da informação, a deficiente formação dos juízes e advogados e, particularmente, a falta de efetiva repressão às más condutas dos sujeitos processuais. Este trabalho tem por escopo identificar as condutas processuais irregulares causadoras ou contributivas para a morosidade e traçar parâmetros objetivos para sua repressão. Para tanto, foram estudados os principais aspectos relativos ao comportamento abusivo dos sujeitos processuais que violam o direito à razoável duração do processo e trazem prejuízos processuais e extraprocessuais, tanto às partes envolvidas no litígio, quanto à dignidade da jurisdição. O trabalho busca demonstrar, portanto, que ética, compromisso e cooperação são peçaschave na solução do intrincado problema da lentidão processual e que, para resolvê-lo, não são necessárias alterações legislativas: a adequada aplicação dos atuais mecanismos repressores das condutas iníquas, à luz desses valores, é suficiente para a garantia da razoável duração do processo. / The slowness of judicial procedures is a symptom of the inefficiency of justice and is also one of its causes. The usual duration of civil proceedings is jeopardized by a number of factors, such as the increase in litigiousness, the lack of infrastructure of the judiciary bodies and insufficient use of the new information technologies, the deficient educational level of judges and lawyers, and particularly the absence of an effective repression to abusive conducts of the parties to a lawsuit. The scope of this paper is to identify the improper procedural practices that give rise or contribute to the slowness of justice and to establish objective parameters to repress it. For such purpose, a study was performed on the main aspects related to abusive practices carried out by the litigants, which infringe the right to a reasonable length of proceedings, and bring about an adverse effect in court and out of court, both to the parties involved in the litigation and to the dignity of the jurisdiction. Therefore, the paper searches to demonstrate that ethics, commitment, and cooperation are key components to the solution of the intricate problem of procedural slowness, and that no legislative amendments are required to solve it: in light of such values, the proper application of the existing repressive mechanisms for inequitable conducts is sufficient to guarantee the reasonable length of court proceedings.

<p>The purpose of this study was to examine how a selection of social welfare officers based on the principle of the best interest of the child construct a minimum level of the material standard in a home. Another purpose was to examine whether different units with varying socioeconomic prerequisites in the municipality of Stockholm construct this level differently.</p><p>The method used in this study was Sociology of Law and two focus groups were used for the gathering of the data. A social constructive theory, a class perspective using concepts of Bourdieu and a perspective of law were used to analyse the material of data.</p><p>The results showed that the courses of action varied from enactment and the policies of the municipality of Stockholm, unspecified theories of the development of children, the conception of what is normal and what children needs, the context in which they work, the development of the society and what they estimate that children needs when attending school. The results also showed a difference between the two units concerning the minimum level of the material standard in a home</p>

The purpose of this study was to examine how a selection of social welfare officers based on the principle of the best interest of the child construct a minimum level of the material standard in a home. Another purpose was to examine whether different units with varying socioeconomic prerequisites in the municipality of Stockholm construct this level differently. The method used in this study was Sociology of Law and two focus groups were used for the gathering of the data. A social constructive theory, a class perspective using concepts of Bourdieu and a perspective of law were used to analyse the material of data. The results showed that the courses of action varied from enactment and the policies of the municipality of Stockholm, unspecified theories of the development of children, the conception of what is normal and what children needs, the context in which they work, the development of the society and what they estimate that children needs when attending school. The results also showed a difference between the two units concerning the minimum level of the material standard in a home

近年來，國內營業秘密相關侵害問題爭迭不休，使國內產業之營業秘密權人危機意識提高，因為營業秘密本是企業取得產業競爭力的關鍵要素，若遭到洩漏，影響範圍除自身公司外，甚至遍及整個產業鏈，都將遭受動盪，因此為使營業秘密能受到更有效的保護，期能嚇阻侵害營業秘密之行為，立法院於2013年1月11日修訂完成營業秘密法，並於同月30日公布之，增加刑事與民事責任，自始營業秘密之保障將更為周全，因此如能建立完善的智慧財產管理，加上營業秘密法賦予營業秘密權人之保障，將能提升產業競爭力。然要受到營業秘密法律之保護，需符合營業秘密法規範之三大要件，而其中要件之一「合理保密之措施」究為所指，綜覽學界與實務之見解，尚未有一致之看法，除相關「完善」之保密措施論述外，並無明確闡釋「合理」此一要件之見解，但對國內中小企業而言，建立完善之合理保密措施的成本高，非其所能負擔。 因而本文嘗試整理國內與美國學說之見解，並進一步蒐集我國法院營業秘密法判決，加以歸納統整，期從中找出「合理」保密措施之參考依據，以作為我國企業所能參考之依據。詳言之，係以國內司法判決之實證研究為主，並加以美國法制體系及相關實務判決作為比較法研究之基礎，嘗試能從中統整出「合理」之保密措施，讓企業得以在成本規劃與洩密風險承擔此二者間，尋找一平衡點，方能使國內各企業在能力所及範圍內，亦達保護公司營業秘密之目的，維持整體產業公平競爭之秩序。 / A trade secret is a form of intellectual property that gives the firm who owns it an advantage over its competitors as long as the firm manages to keep it. Recently, Trade secret infringements occur more than thought. For example, employees thieve the firm’s secret and intend to sell it to competitor., therefore the Legislative Yuan passed the amendments to the completion of the Trade Secrets Act On January 11, 2013, and was released on the 30th of the same month, the proposal has increased in criminal and civil liability, the Legislative Yuan expect the amendments have more comprehensive protection of trade secrets.A secret.under Trade secrect protection have to satisfy three requirements, and one of the requirement is “reasonable measures”, therefore this paper attempts to sort out the domestic and U.S. doctrine of insights and further to collect court judgment in Taiwan, try to be summarized integration "reasonable" security measures. Expect to figure out what is common definition of “reasonable measures”,as the basis for Taiwan’s enterprises can reference. In particular, empirical studies of domestic judicial decisions based, and the U.S. legal system and related practices judgment as the basis for the study of comparative law, to try from integration in a "reasonable" measures, to enable enterprises to cost planning bear both the risk of disclosure, to find a balance point, can the domestic enterprises in the abilities within up to protect the company's trade secrets, to maintain the overall industry fair competition order.

<p>The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the latest human rights treaty at the UN level. The process leading to the adoption called attention to the plight of persons with disabilities, and redefined approaches to issues of disability. Fundamentally, the CRPD embodies a paradigm shift in thinking about disability. It embraces the social model of disability, in terms of which disability is a function of the interaction between a person with impairment and his or her environment as opposed to an inherent limitation of functioning. The social model is, in turn, anchored in a human rights approach to disability. No doubt, the adoption of the CRPD triggered immense optimism for the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities. One of the rights recognised under the CRPD is the right to education. Article 24(1) of the CRPD recognises the right of persons with disabilities to education and sets out the aims of such education. Article 24(2) sets out a number of principles to guide the implementation of the right. These include: non-exclusion from the general education system including non-exclusion of children with disabilities from free and compulsory primary education / access to inclusive quality and free primary education on an equal basis with other children in the communities in which children with disabilities live / reasonable accommodation of a student&rsquo / s needs / provision of support necessary to facilitate effective education / and provision of individualised support measures in environments that maximise academic and social development of the students with disabilities. It is generally accepted that the right to education is one of the most essential rights, particularly in light of its empowerment function that helps to facilitate the exercise of other rights. The primary level of education has particularly attained global recognition and priority in resource allocation and implementation. Primary education contributes significantly to the maximum development of the full human potential of children. There are therefore differentiated obligations for the right to primary education in international human rights. Nevertheless, there are still significant barriers to access to primary education, particularly in the African region. While children with disabilities have been excluded from education for a long time the world over, their exclusion in the African context is particularly endemic. The core purpose of this thesis is to determine how article 24(2) of the CRPD affects or is likely to affect primary education of children with disabilities, particularly in the context of developing countries. The focus of the enquiry is mainly the law and policy in this regard. The subject spans three main spheres of rights: children&rsquo / s rights, socioeconomic rights (particularly the right to education), and finally disability rights. Children&rsquo / s rights, especially since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), are generally accepted. The right to education also has a long standing history, and whereas debate regarding the appropriate approaches to its implementation still abides, there is apparent normative and jurisprudential consensus on some aspects thereof, particularly at the primary education level. It is essential to determine the relational framework of these spheres with the disability rights established under the CRPD. The thesis finds that the CRPD does in fact redefine the parameters of the right to education as previously understood in international human rights instruments. Particularly, the expanded aims of education under article 24 call for education systems that recognise non-academic learning, such as the development of the talents or creativity of the learner. This provision is particularly significant to the child with disabilities. Also, while not establishing an entirely new right, the principles under article 24(2) establish actionable sub-entitlements that enhance the justiciability right to education for children with disabilities. However, it is apparent from the comparative studies that it is the implementation of these provisions that presents the greatest challenge for the realisation of primary education for children with disabilities. This suggests that whereas norm creation as under the CRPD may have the value of triggering and sustaining discourse on appropriate responses in the context of the education of children with disabilities, it is the translation of these norms into practical action points that is the determining factor for realization of the right.</p>

<p>The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the latest human rights treaty at the UN level. The process leading to the adoption called attention to the plight of persons with disabilities, and redefined approaches to issues of disability. Fundamentally, the CRPD embodies a paradigm shift in thinking about disability. It embraces the social model of disability, in terms of which disability is a function of the interaction between a person with impairment and his or her environment as opposed to an inherent limitation of functioning. The social model is, in turn, anchored in a human rights approach to disability. No doubt, the adoption of the CRPD triggered immense optimism for the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities. One of the rights recognised under the CRPD is the right to education. Article 24(1) of the CRPD recognises the right of persons with disabilities to education and sets out the aims of such education. Article 24(2) sets out a number of principles to guide the implementation of the right. These include: non-exclusion from the general education system including non-exclusion of children with disabilities from free and compulsory primary education / access to inclusive quality and free primary education on an equal basis with other children in the communities in which children with disabilities live / reasonable accommodation of a student&rsquo / s needs / provision of support necessary to facilitate effective education / and provision of individualised support measures in environments that maximise academic and social development of the students with disabilities. It is generally accepted that the right to education is one of the most essential rights, particularly in light of its empowerment function that helps to facilitate the exercise of other rights. The primary level of education has particularly attained global recognition and priority in resource allocation and implementation. Primary education contributes significantly to the maximum development of the full human potential of children. There are therefore differentiated obligations for the right to primary education in international human rights. Nevertheless, there are still significant barriers to access to primary education, particularly in the African region. While children with disabilities have been excluded from education for a long time the world over, their exclusion in the African context is particularly endemic. The core purpose of this thesis is to determine how article 24(2) of the CRPD affects or is likely to affect primary education of children with disabilities, particularly in the context of developing countries. The focus of the enquiry is mainly the law and policy in this regard. The subject spans three main spheres of rights: children&rsquo / s rights, socioeconomic rights (particularly the right to education), and finally disability rights. Children&rsquo / s rights, especially since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), are generally accepted. The right to education also has a long standing history, and whereas debate regarding the appropriate approaches to its implementation still abides, there is apparent normative and jurisprudential consensus on some aspects thereof, particularly at the primary education level. It is essential to determine the relational framework of these spheres with the disability rights established under the CRPD. The thesis finds that the CRPD does in fact redefine the parameters of the right to education as previously understood in international human rights instruments. Particularly, the expanded aims of education under article 24 call for education systems that recognise non-academic learning, such as the development of the talents or creativity of the learner. This provision is particularly significant to the child with disabilities. Also, while not establishing an entirely new right, the principles under article 24(2) establish actionable sub-entitlements that enhance the justiciability right to education for children with disabilities. However, it is apparent from the comparative studies that it is the implementation of these provisions that presents the greatest challenge for the realisation of primary education for children with disabilities. This suggests that whereas norm creation as under the CRPD may have the value of triggering and sustaining discourse on appropriate responses in the context of the education of children with disabilities, it is the translation of these norms into practical action points that is the determining factor for realization of the right.</p>

Globally, there is an ongoing debate whether child corporal punishment should be banned or not in the home environment. While several countries have banned it already, South Africa is currently in a process of change. Research indicates that child corporal punishment is commonly used in South Africa and that social workers opinions on child corporal punishment seems to be formed by their personal experiences, which affects their assessments. Furthermore, according to research legal reforms are not enough to change a society’s attitudes and norms about child corporal punishment. There is a need of campaigns and leadership. The aim of this study was to comprehend how eight South African social workers described that they understood their professional role, when they worked with caregivers who used child corporal punishment. The informants worked, at the time of the interviews, at different workplaces in Cape Town and had experiences in their professional role of meeting caregivers who used child corporal punishment. Social constructionism was used as the theory of science. The study uses theories by Burr, Gergen and Gergen and Foucault to analyse the impacts of language and discourse in the social workers’ understandings. The empirical material was analysed with qualitative content analysis. We found four themes where all except the first one, are divided into two sub-themes. The first theme is ‘How could corporal punishment be defined?’. Followed by ‘Opinions about corporal punishment’ with the sub-themes: ‘We need one standard to protect our children’ and ‘Corporal punishment should be allowed if it is not abusive’. ‘The roles of the social worker’ is the third theme, divided into the two sub-themes: ‘Social workers and the law’ and ‘The opportunity to make a change’. The last theme is Challenges the social worker face, divided into the sub-themes ‘Corporal punishment rooted in a violent society’ and ‘Corporal punishment in a cultural society’. The results of the study indicate that most of the social workers understood their role, when they worked with caregivers who use child corporal punishment, was to educate by presenting other alternatives than corporal punishment. However, when exploring definitions, opinions, challenges and abilities they sometimes had quite different understandings to one another. Child corporal punishment would be defined both as equivalent as well as separated from abuse, creating confusion to where a line should be drawn. The caregivers’ rights to use corporal punishment would be compared to the children’s rights to be protected from it. Laws regarding child corporal punishment was both present and nonexistent in described assessments. The social workers action space varied greatly. They expressed the need to balance different aspects in the assessment and decide where to draw the line between them. Most of the informants, understood themselves as powerful to bring about change concerning the use of child corporal punishment in the specific families. However, they highlighted the challenges with South Africa’s history and general accepting of child corporal punishment. / Det pågår globalt en debatt om barnaga ska förbjudas i hemmen eller inte. Ett flertal länder har förbjudit barnaga och Sydafrika befinner sig för tillfället i en förändringsprocess. Forskning tyder på att barnaga är vanligt förekommande i Sydafrika och att socialarbetares åsikter om barnaga tycks ha sitt ursprung i deras egna erfarenheter, som i sin tur påverkar deras professionella bedömningar. Forskning visar även att juridiska reformer inte är tillräckligt för att förändra ett samhälles attityder och normer. Det finns ett behov av kampanjer och ledarskap. Syftet med denna studie var att förstå hur åtta sydafrikanska socialarbetare beskrev att de förstod sin professionella roll när de arbetade med vårdnadshavare som använde sig av barnaga. Informanterna arbetade när intervjuerna genomfördes på olika arbetsplatser i Kapstaden och hade erfarenhet i deras professionella roll av att träffa vårdnadshavare som använda sig av barnaga. Studien utgår från socialkonstuktionism som vetenskapsteori. I studien används även teorier från Burr, Gregen och Gregen samt Foucault för att analysera språket och diskursers påverkan i socialarbetarnas förståelser. Det empiriska materialet analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Vi fann fyra teman där de tre senare hade två underteman vardera. Det första temat är ‘How could corporal punishment be defined?’. Följt av ‘Opinions about corporal punishment’ med underteman: ‘We need one standard to protect our children’ och ‘Corporal punishment should be allowed if it is not abusive’. ‘The roles of the social worker’ är det tredje temat, uppdelat i de två underteman: ‘Social workers and the law’ och ‘The opportunity to make a change’. Det sista temat är ‘Challenges the social worker face’ som delades in i underteman ‘Corporal punishment rooted in a violent society’ och ‘Corporal punishment in a cultural society’. Studiens resultat indikerar att de flesta socialarbetarna förstod sin roll i arbetet med vårdnadshavare som använde sig av barnaga, var att utbilda genom att presentera andra alternativ än barnaga. Gällande definitioner, åsikter, utmaningar och förmågor så hade de ofta olika förståelser. Barnaga definierades både som motsvarande såväl som separat från misshandel, vilket skapade förvirring gällande var gränsen borde dras däremellan. Vårdnadshavarnas rätt att använda barnaga ställdes i kontrast mot barnens rätt att bli skyddade från det. Lagar gällande barnaga var både närvarande och frånvarande I de olika svaren informanterna gav. Socialarbetarnas handlingsutrymme hade stor variation och de uttryckte hur de behövde balansera olika aspekter i mötet med vårdnadshavarna och var gränser skulle dras mellan dem. De flesta informanterna upplevde sin roll som maktfull att skapa förändring i familjerna de mötte där barnaga användes. Trots detta betonade dem utmaningarna med Sydafrikas historia och generella acceptans av barnaga.