SOCIOLOGY OF LAW II
| Title | ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ II / SOCIOLOGY OF LAW II |
| Code | ΘΔΝΣΒ03 |
| Faculty | Law |
| School | Law |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600016836 |
Programme of Study: Theory of Law and Interdisciplinary Legal Studies
Registered students: 30
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | 2 | 1 | 7.5 |
| Academic Year | 2022 – 2023 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 2 |
| Class ID | 600228324
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Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600228324
Learning Outcomes
After completing their second semester of graduate study in the interdisciplinary field of study of Sociology of Law, students should be able to:
* have achieved an advanced knowledge of scientific research (seeking data from different bibliographic and electronic sources, processing and synthesizing the data, and finally presenting them in a logical and coherent manner)
* have become familiar with the critical treatment and evalutation of alternative research hypotheses, with the logical construction of arguments and with the use of argumentation for the validation or repudiation of ideas, stances and approaches
* have developed and sharpened their skills in research and writing, through the preparation and completion of a second research paper
* have mastered the skills of presenting the results of their research, exhibiting advanced skills of oral communication, rhetoric and argumentation
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Theories of justice. Historical and comparative approach of social and legal institutions. An introduction to the sociological methods of empirical research (e.g. questionnaires and interviews). How Sociology of Law helps contemporary legal theorists and practitioners enrich, improve and understand the existing legal system (Sociology of Law as Praxeology). Special thematic units, which treat more specific topics of study within Sociology of Law, indicatively: (i) theory and practice of Negotiation (with the use of simulated role-playing games) and Legal Negotiations as an introduction to Mediation (ii) the economic crisis, globalization and the interplay between the social sciences of Law and Economics (iii) Gender and the Law (gender equality, gender discrimination, gender identity) (iv) social deviance (theories on deviant behavior, crime and punishment) (v) Law and Culture (vi) Law and Bioethics (vii) Minorities, xenophobia, migration, the refugee crisis (viii) nation, national ideologies and the State (ix) Information society - social network theories (x) the legal professions today - the shifts in legal culture
Keywords
Sociology of Law, Legal Sociology, Law and Society, Social Institutions, Empirical Sociology of Law
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 80 | 3.2 | |||
| Written assigments | 77 | 3.1 | |||
| Exams | 30 | 1.2 | |||
| Total | 187 | 7.5 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Oral Exams (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Nικ. Ιντζεσίλογλου, Κοινωνιολογία του δικαίου Έκδοση: 2η/2011 Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 12552406 ISBN: 9789604458028 Τύπος: Σύγγραμμα Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΣΑΚΚΟΥΛΑ ΕΕ
2. Ασπ. Τσαούση, Θεσμοί, Δίκαιο και Κοινωνία: Κρίσιμες Διατομές υπό το Φως μιας Βιωματικής Θεώρησης, ΑΘήνα: Εκδ. Παπαζήση 2018, Κωδικός βιβλίου στον ΕΥΔΟΞΟ: 77116452. ISBN: 978-960-02-3406-0
3. Ασπ. Τσαούση, Δίκαιο και Συνεργατικότητα: Μία Νέα Προσέγγιση στην Κοινωνιολογία του Δικαίου, Αθήνα, Εκδ. Παπαζήση 2013. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον ΕΥΔΟΞΟ: 33114225. ISBN 978-960-02-2902-8
4. Θαν. Παπαχρίστου, Κοινωνιολογία του Δικαίου, Εκδ. Αντ.Ν.Σάκκουλα ΕΕ Αθήνα. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον ΕΥΔΟΞΟ: 50660605.
Additional bibliography for study
* A.-J. Arnaud, Dictionnaire encyclopédique de théorie et de Sociologie du Droit (Paris-Bruxelles, 1988)
* A.-J. Arnaud, Introduction à l’analyse sociologique des systèmes juridiques (Bruxelles: Bruylant, 1998)
* Larry Cata Backer, Harmonizing Law in an Era of Globalization: Convergence, Divergence and Resistance (Carolina Academic Press 2007)
* Ulrich Beck, World at Risk (Polity 2008)
* Reza Banakar and Max Travers (eds.), Law and Social Theory (2nd ed. Hart Publishing 2013)
* Gráinne de Búrca, Claire Kilpatrick and Joanne Scott (eds.), Critical Legal Perspectives on Global Governance (Liber Amicorum David M Trubek) (Hart Publishing 2013)
* Jean Carbonnier, Sociologie Juridique (Paris: PUF, 1978)
*Roger Cotterrell, The Sociology of Law: An Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2d edition 2005)
* Raghavendra Dakagkar, Survival Strategies: Cooperation and Conflict in Animal Societies (Harvard University Press 2011)
* M. Deflem, Sociology of Law. Visions of a Scholarly Tradition, (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
* Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Law after Modernity (Hart Publishing 2013)
* Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild, Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy (Holt Paperbacks 2004)
*David Feldman (ed.), Law in Politics, Politics in Law (Hart Publishing 2013)
* V. Ferrari, Λειτουργίες του Δικαίου (Θεσσαλονίκη, εκδ. Σάκκουλα, 1992)
* V. Ferrari, Developing Sociology of Law. A worldwide documentary enquiry (Milano: Dott. A. Giuffré editore, 1990)
* Christian Keysers, The Empathic Brain (Social Brain Press 2011)
* Γεώργιος Μιχαηλίδης-Νουάρος, Ζωντανό και Φυσικό Δίκαιο, (Αθήνα, Αφοί Σάκκουλα, 1982)
* Richard Nobles and David Schiff, Observing Law through Systems Theory (Legal Theory Today) (Hart Publishing 2013)
* Mancur Olson, The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, Second printing with new preface and appendix (Harvard Economic Studies) (Harvard University Press 1971)
* Amartya Sen, Inequality Reexamined (Harvard University Press 1995)
*Richard A. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (Penguin Books 2009)
*A. Javier Trevino, The Sociology of Law: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives (Law & Society) (Transaction Publishers 2008)
* Reinhold Zippelius, Θεμελιώδεις έννοιες της Κοινωνιολογίας του Δικαίου (Αθήνα-Θεσσαλονίκη, Εκδ. Σάκκουλα, 2008)
Last Update
08-11-2023
