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Sociology of Law
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:10.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:57
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_023 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; Theory and History of Rights | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Andrejs Vilks | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Legal Theory, Philosophy of Law, History of Latvian Law. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Learn the basics of sociology of law, legal methodology and cognition of the application of law. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Organisation of study process and requirements for the acquisition of the course. The concept and nature of sociology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The concept and nature of sociology of law. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Social conditionality of law and their cognition. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Methodology for conducting specific legal research. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Methodology for legal research. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Functions and methodology of sociology of law. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Legal socialisation, behaviour and cognition of the individual. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Legal consciousness and legal culture as the object of cognition. Deformation of legal consciousness and its cognition. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Law, sociology of law and the society: the process of interaction. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Defence of Project work. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Organisation of study process and requirements for the acquisition of the course. The concept and nature of sociology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Methodology for conducting specific legal research. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Methodology for legal research. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Functions and methodology of sociology of law. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Law, sociology of law and the society: the process of interaction. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Carrying out the research project and a presentation. Topics for independent research projects in the course “Sociology of Law”: 1 Influence of post-crisis period on legal procedure in Latvia. 2 Sociological assessment of draft amendments to the Criminal Law of the Republic of Latvia. 3 Assessment of the prevalence of domestic violence. 4 Practice and problems in application of preventive coercive measures. 5 Illegal migration: sociological assessment of causes and consequences. 6 Assessment of the situation, trends and consequences of illegal migration in Latvia. 7 Methods of cognition of the personality of minors and use of research results in social adjustment. 8 Options for adjusting minors in detention facilities. 9 Sociological assessment of the reorganisation of the State Police. 10 How to optimize the activities of the State Police - the aspect of sociological cognition. 11 How to build a professional career in the police - analysis of opinions. 12 Why the police isn’t respected? How to win trust? 13 The future of the police. The vision of policemen and the public. 14 A case of Imanta paedophile: analysis of the tactical activity of the police (analysis of the information in mass media). 15 Work in law enforcement authorities - goals and motives of the staff. 16 Police performance indicators. 17 Legal nihilism as a crime factor. 18 Legal dilettantism as a form of deformation of legal consciousness. 19 Legal infantilism as a form of deformation of legal consciousness. 20 Trends and determining factors in missing people cases in Latvia. 21 Probation Service. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | In accordance with RSU Academic Regulations I, the final mark and the overall assessment consist of the sum of all marks. Knowledge will be assessed on a 10-point grading scale. An average mark for the preparation of the methodological part of the research and a presentation – 20%. An average mark for the participation in seminars, quality of the research project – 30%. An examination mark – 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The student will tell about and explain the essential elements of sociology of law; will know the functions, methods and forms. The student will know general views and reflections of sociology of law, and will be able to refer to competent sources. The student will know the place and role of sociology of law among other legal sciences. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of successful completion of the study course, the student will be able to manage and engage in social dialogue, apply and use the acquired knowledge professionally. Will be able to identify the main types of interaction between the individual and the society, describe their rationality and peculiarities of conditionality. Will be able to apply the conclusions used in the study course to the practical work of a lawyer, based on the teaching of sociology of law. Will be able to deal with legal issues independently, using of sources of sociology of law and knowledge of their application. Will prepare and express the necessary application of sociology of law in professional work. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The student will be able to carry out independent research, correctly describing it on the basis of the acquired knowledge. Will define the areas of law, in which sociology of law is to be applied. Will clarify situations in a professional way and create elements of solution in integration of the society. Will be able to formulate social institutes, to separate them from philosophy and mass culture. Together with the relevant knowledge professionals, will develop the traditions of law and their practical application in a single perspective of sociology of law. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Regulāri lasīt laikrakstus: "Diena", "Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze", "Jurista Vārds". | ||||||||
| 2 | Klausīties radio un televīzijas sociāltiesiska rakstura pārraides. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Osipova S. Ievads tiesību socioloģijā. Rīga, TNA, 2010. | ||||||||
| 2 | Vilks A. Deviantoloģija. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2001. | ||||||||
| 3 | Karpova Ā. Personība. Teorijas un to rādītāji. Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC, 1998. | ||||||||
| 4 | Laķis P. Socioloģija. Ievads socioloģijā. Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC, 2002. | ||||||||
| 5 | Ebels G. Fridriha Vilhelma Nīčes sociāli politiskā koncepcija. Rīga, LU, 1992. | ||||||||
| 6 | Šuvajevs A. Psihoanalīze un dzīves māksla. Rīga, Rota, 1998. | ||||||||
| 7 | Fuko M. Patiesība. Vara. Patība. Rīga, Rota, 1995. | ||||||||
| 8 | Reņģe V. Sociālā psiholoģija. Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC, 2002. | ||||||||
| 9 | Vorobjovs A., Kudiņš A. No domas līdz zinātnei. Rīga, Izglītības soļi, 2005. | ||||||||
| 10 | Blekbērns S. Neatvairāms ievads filozofijā. [B.v.], Satori. 2007. | ||||||||
| 11 | Ruso Ž.Ž. Par sabiedrisko līgumu, jeb, Politisko tiesību principi. Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC, 2013. | ||||||||
| 12 | Budovskis M. Personības un sociālās vides rezonanse. Rīga,1986. | ||||||||
| 13 | Garleja R. Sociālā uzvedība. Rīga, 1997. | ||||||||
| 14 | Rehbinder M. Rechtssoziologie. 3.Aufl., Verlag, C.H.Beck, 2000. | ||||||||
| 15 | Durkheim E. Regeln der soziologischen Methode. Neuwied und Berlin, Luchterhand, 1965. | ||||||||
| 16 | Ehrlich E. Grundlegung der Soziologie des Rechtes, Munchen, 1929. | ||||||||
| 17 | Weber M. Wirtschhaft und Gesellschaft. Padeborn, Voltmedia, 2007. | ||||||||
| 18 | Roach Anleu S.L. Law and social change. London, Sage Publications, 2000. | ||||||||
| 19 | Richard O’Dair. Legal Ethics. Text and Materials. London, Butterworths, 2001. | ||||||||
| 20 | Burr J.R., Goldinger M. Philosophy and Contemporary Issues. New York, 1992. | ||||||||
| 21 | Bandura A. Aggression: A social learning analysis. New York, Englewood Cliffs, 1973. | ||||||||
| 22 | Augoustinos M., Walker I. Social cognition. London, 1995. | ||||||||
| 23 | Sorokin P. The System of Sociology.[1.,2.Vol.] Petrograd, Kolos, 1920. | ||||||||
| 24 | Allport G.W. The historical background of social psychology.MA, Reading,1985. | ||||||||
| 25 | Archer J. Evolutionary Social Psychology. Oxford, 1996. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Nedēļraksts Latvijas Vēstnesis, „Jurista vārds”, Rīga | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.legalethics.com/ | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/14ethics/index.html | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.ethicsandlawyering.com/index.htm | ||||||||
| 5 | http://www.freivogelonconflicts.com/index.htm | ||||||||
| 6 | Department of Sociology and Anthropology | ||||||||
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