Law and Social Change
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
Combining the approaches of the philosophy of law and the sociology of law, this course intends to provide the tools for understanding legal phenomena and their contribution to the conservation or change of the social order. The course will be divided into three parts. The first part will be dedicated to the concepts necessary for the identification and understanding of law as a social phenomenon. The second part will be devoted to the role of law in relation to the conservation and change of the social order. The third part will be devoted to the perspectives of what are known as "critical theories of law".
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students must have acquired:
- knowledge and understanding of how different ideas on the essence and tasks of law contribute to determining its reality;
- knowledge and understanding of how law contributes to the conservation and change of the social order;
- knowledge and understanding of the contribution to the reflection on law of some critical perspectives;
- the ability to apply the acquired knowledge to the critical analysis of specific legal issues.
- knowledge and understanding of how different ideas on the essence and tasks of law contribute to determining its reality;
- knowledge and understanding of how law contributes to the conservation and change of the social order;
- knowledge and understanding of the contribution to the reflection on law of some critical perspectives;
- the ability to apply the acquired knowledge to the critical analysis of specific legal issues.
Lesson period: Third trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Third trimester
Educational website(s)
Professor(s)
Reception:
The professor meets the students weekly, on campus or online. To make an appointment, please contact the professor by email.
On campus meetings will be held in the professor's office at the second floor of the building overlooking via Passione (room 208). Online meetings will be held through Microsoft Teams.