SOCI6361 | THE STATE, LAW, AND SOCIETY

The social and historic foundations of law. The philosophy of law, and examination of theoretical debates on the relation between sociology and legal studies. Critical examination of the concepts of rights, social control, social movements and social change. Law and the state, law and colonial rule, law and violence, law as text and law in practice, and law in everyday life. The law as a profession. Law and social structures.