Contemporary Sociology of Law

<p>Explore law as a living social phenomenon shaped and contested by society. Examine how power, culture, and resistance shape legal systems. By engaging with socio-legal theories and real-world issues, you learn to critically study how law works, for whom it works, and where its limits lie. </p><p>In this course, you develop your understanding of sociology of law as a multidisciplinary research area. We cover concepts and perspectives that you will use to explore a range of topics in sociology of law. This allows you to learn to identify socio-legal issues and formulate relevant questions for an empirical study of the problems.</p><p>You will gain the ability to apply theoretical and empirical knowledge to analyse societal issues and legal developments at all levels. You will also be qualified to find and use socio-legal information to explain and compare contemporary social problems using relevant theories.</p><p>At the end of the course, you will have understood the possibilities and limitations of sociology of law.</p><p>The course is delivered through a combination of lectures, exercises, and seminars. The assessment of each module is based on written assignments and active participation in seminars, including oral presentations. Absence approved by the lecturer is to be compensated for by a written assignment. </p>