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230084 WS Diagnosis of Society: Law, Rights and Society (2013S)

What does it do with us and what do we do with it?

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Excursion on Tue, 23.04.2012 - details will be discussed at the beginning of the course
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 05.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 19.03. 13:15 - 16:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 16.04. 13:15 - 16:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 30.04. 13:15 - 16:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 14.05. 13:15 - 16:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 04.06. 13:15 - 16:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 11.06. 13:15 - 16:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This workshop aims at developing questions and interdisciplinary approaches regarding the connection between society and law or the question of law in society. The topics (limits of the law; actors; communication; emancipation/empowerment; human rights; methods within the field) will be approached through theoretical literature as well as through confrontation with empirical studies as well as the legal field. It will be our task to think together about law(s) in society, and to learn about functions and effects of the legal system and legal norms on society, subjects and identities. We want to deal with the mutual conditionality of law and society from a sociological perspective.

Assessment and permitted materials

(1) Active participation, (2) oral group presentation, (3) writting short essays, (4) together the essays produced during the workshop make up a cumulative paper. The evaluation will be based in equal parts on these four requirements.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The workshop aims at promoting and provoking thoughts about law and society and law in society. Critical discussion aims at questions such as: What is law? How can law be understood from a sociological perspective, which sociological (research) questions are possible? What is the connection between (human) rights and law? What does law do with society and society with the law?

Examination topics

The workshop will take place in seven block units; additionally an excursion to a court will be organised. Students will present the selected texts in a group, the main focus lies on the discussion of the six main topics - partially with invited guests with practical experience.

Reading list

For the first unit (5.3.):
- Banakar Reza 2006: Law Through Sociology's Looking Glass: Conflict and Competition in Sociological Studies of Law (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1574821)
- Cotterrell, Roger (1998): Why Must Legal Ideas Be Interpreted Sociologically? In: Journal of Law and Society, Jg. 25, H. 2, p. 171-192. (http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/1410686.pdf?acceptTC=true)

More literatur will be communicated in the first session.

Association in the course directory

in 505: BA T2 Workshop Gesellschaftsdiagnosen

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