Based on Ph.D. thesis--University of Nottingham, School of Law, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (M.S.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Psychology. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

O presente trabalho propõe uma investigação sobre as possibilidades do uso da prática da arte marcial chamada Kildo Self Defense voltada a técnicas de preparação de atores para a cena. Empregando essas práticas marciais, realizou-se a preparação corporal dos atores do Grupo Farsa, de Porto Alegre, durante o processo de criação do espetáculo para crianças A Roupa Nova do Rei. Com o objetivo de alcançar uma melhor disposição e presença dos atores em cena, buscou-se criar um treinamento que funcionasse como alicerce para a preparação dos atores, a ser utilizado em trabalhos posteriores do grupo. Este estudo foi construído a partir de pesquisa bibliográfica, entrevistas e estudos práticos sobre os efeitos das técnicas marciais e suas contribuições para o desenvolvimento das possibilidades corporais do ator e para sua eficácia em cena. / The present work intends an investigation about the possibilities to use the practice from the martial art of Kildo Self Defense as a technique for actor‟s in preparation for a scene. Making use of this martial arts techniques, the preparation of the actor‟s body was accomplished by the Grupo Farsa, from Porto Alegre, during the creation process of the play for children “The King‟s New Clothes”. The purpose was to search for a better actor‟s arrangement and presence in the scene, looking for a training that serves from base to preparation of the actor‟s, to being use in future works. This study was analyzed by means of bibliography research, interviews and practical studies about the effects of the martial art techniques and its contribution to the actor and the scene.

O presente trabalho propõe uma investigação sobre as possibilidades do uso da prática da arte marcial chamada Kildo Self Defense voltada a técnicas de preparação de atores para a cena. Empregando essas práticas marciais, realizou-se a preparação corporal dos atores do Grupo Farsa, de Porto Alegre, durante o processo de criação do espetáculo para crianças A Roupa Nova do Rei. Com o objetivo de alcançar uma melhor disposição e presença dos atores em cena, buscou-se criar um treinamento que funcionasse como alicerce para a preparação dos atores, a ser utilizado em trabalhos posteriores do grupo. Este estudo foi construído a partir de pesquisa bibliográfica, entrevistas e estudos práticos sobre os efeitos das técnicas marciais e suas contribuições para o desenvolvimento das possibilidades corporais do ator e para sua eficácia em cena. / The present work intends an investigation about the possibilities to use the practice from the martial art of Kildo Self Defense as a technique for actor‟s in preparation for a scene. Making use of this martial arts techniques, the preparation of the actor‟s body was accomplished by the Grupo Farsa, from Porto Alegre, during the creation process of the play for children “The King‟s New Clothes”. The purpose was to search for a better actor‟s arrangement and presence in the scene, looking for a training that serves from base to preparation of the actor‟s, to being use in future works. This study was analyzed by means of bibliography research, interviews and practical studies about the effects of the martial art techniques and its contribution to the actor and the scene.

O presente trabalho propõe uma investigação sobre as possibilidades do uso da prática da arte marcial chamada Kildo Self Defense voltada a técnicas de preparação de atores para a cena. Empregando essas práticas marciais, realizou-se a preparação corporal dos atores do Grupo Farsa, de Porto Alegre, durante o processo de criação do espetáculo para crianças A Roupa Nova do Rei. Com o objetivo de alcançar uma melhor disposição e presença dos atores em cena, buscou-se criar um treinamento que funcionasse como alicerce para a preparação dos atores, a ser utilizado em trabalhos posteriores do grupo. Este estudo foi construído a partir de pesquisa bibliográfica, entrevistas e estudos práticos sobre os efeitos das técnicas marciais e suas contribuições para o desenvolvimento das possibilidades corporais do ator e para sua eficácia em cena. / The present work intends an investigation about the possibilities to use the practice from the martial art of Kildo Self Defense as a technique for actor‟s in preparation for a scene. Making use of this martial arts techniques, the preparation of the actor‟s body was accomplished by the Grupo Farsa, from Porto Alegre, during the creation process of the play for children “The King‟s New Clothes”. The purpose was to search for a better actor‟s arrangement and presence in the scene, looking for a training that serves from base to preparation of the actor‟s, to being use in future works. This study was analyzed by means of bibliography research, interviews and practical studies about the effects of the martial art techniques and its contribution to the actor and the scene.

This thesis aims to define the differences between the concept of self-defense under the criminal law of the Czech Republic and the United States of America, to assess their practical implications and propose possible recommendations de lege ferenda for the Czech legislation. Within the United States, the thesis further distinguishes between the concept of self-defense under the common law and the so-called Model Criminal Code, which together with the common law represents one of the most important sources of US criminal law. The thesis first compares the differences between the Continental and Anglo-American legal system, from which the respective national legal systems derive. Next part of the thesis further characterizes the Czech and American legal system, especially with regard to the status of criminal law and the role of jurisprudence within it. Particular attention is paid to the division of US legal system into federal and state, and the related issues of the organization of the judiciary and the system of precedents between various judicial bodies. This part then further introduces the aforementioned Model Criminal Code, which presents a compilation of the views of high-profile experts in the field of criminal law regarding the ideal form of criminal substantive law in the United States....

Depuis 2011, la révolution égyptienne et ses contrecoups ont suscité au Caire l’émergence d’un véritable marché de la sécurité. Cette thèse est le fruit d'une enquête ethnographique, menée en observation participante, relative à différentes pratiques de défense ayant émergé dans ce cadre. Les cours de self-défense (difā‘a ‘an al-nafs), dont le succès ne cesse de se confirmer dans les quartiers socialement favorisés de la ville du Caire, se trouvent au coeur de cette recherche. Ils y sont envisagés non seulement comme révélateurs, mais aussi comme producteurs d’une culture matérielle et motrice « révolutionnaire », où les bouleversements politiques du moment s’incarnent dans leur dimension émotionnelle, sexuée, sociale et morale. Ces cours réunissent des femmes – mais aussi parfois des hommes – venant faire l’acquisition de techniques de combat afin de se préparer à affronter une agression. La figure du « jeu », permettant d’englober dans l’analyse les différents niveaux de sens des expériences, constitue l’outil théorique avec lequel les interactions observées sont envisagées. La pratique étudiée permet d’appréhender à la fois les transformations des représentations et des pratiques liées à la violence, ainsi que les recompositions des rapports sociaux de classe et de sexe dans la société égyptienne contemporaine. En rendant apparentes la dimension technique du rapport au pouvoir des individus ainsi que les modalités – socialement et sexuellement situées – de production des catégories « légitime » et « illégitime » dans l’énonciation de la violence, la self-défense s’impose comme un objet d’étude privilégié pour participer à une anthropologie de la révolution égyptienne. / This thesis is the result of an ethnographic study conducted between 2011 and 2012, primarily through participant observation, on certain defense practices that have emerged in recent years in Egypt and contributed to a "revolutionary" security market. Self-defense classes (difā‘a ‘an al-nafs), the popularity of which has continued to grow since 2011 in socially affluent districts of Cairo, are at the heart of this research. The dissertation conceives of self-defense trainings as not only revealing but also producing "revolutionary" physical and technical repertoires in which the emotional, gendered, social and moral dimensions of the period's political upheavals are embodied. Women – but sometimes also men – come to the self-defense classes to acquire combat skills such as throwing kicks and punches, learning to face aggressors using specific objects and bodily techniques. The notion of "play" is used as a theoretical tool for drawing together and analyzing the different levels of meaning of the paradoxical experiences observed in these classes. The ethnography allows for a better understanding of the evolution of urban sociability, the transformation of representations and uses of violence, and the reconfiguration of gender and class relations in contemporary Egyptian society. By making visible the technical dimension of how individuals deal with power and the socially and sexually situated modalities by which categories such as "legitimacy" and "illegitimacy" are produced with respect to violence, self-defense constitutes an valuable vantage point from which to contribute to an anthropology of the Egyptian revolution.

This thesis focuses on the law of self-defense in the United States, in a context of domestic violence. The starting point is the work of Cynthia Gillespie, a US attorney whose groundbreaking work in 1989 shed light on the many legal obstacles battered women defendants face in Courts while pleading self-defense to homicide charges. Gillespie argued that some of the requirements inherent to the law of self-defense create unfavorable outcomes when applied to the context of domestic violence. The aim is to understand how the issue has evolved today, through the study of a single case ruled in 2019, “People V Addimando”. The conclusion is that there are some positive evolutions even if some severe obstacles remain. Some hope is to be found with the introduction of a new bill, the DVJSA, which is retroactive.

Studien söker svar kring hur undervisning i kampsport upplevs av vuxna kvinnor och om kampsportsträning kan ha en relevans för socialt arbete för kvinnor som målgrupp. Studien undersöker vilka val som gjorts av kvinnorna i samband med att de valde att börja träna kampsport och vilka upplevda effekter de har lagt märke att träningen leder till för deras egen del. Slutligen diskuteras vilka sociala verksamheter som kan tänkas ha nytta av kampsportsträning i sin verksamhet och vilka överväganden som då bör beaktas. / This study is about adult women’s experience of Martial arts training and if there is a relevance for such training in women oriented Social Work practices. The choices that women who start training Martial arts make are examined and the effects they experience as a result of such training are also explored. A discussion is brought forward regarding which women oriented Social Work practices that might benefit from this kind of training in the field of Social Work - thus developing a dialogue surrounding the implications of introducing Martial arts in Social Work practice.

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