Course overview
The aim of this course is to introduce students to socio-legal approaches to understanding law and its relationship to social problems. This course examines how the law responds to, regulates and influences some of the most complex problems in contemporary society. It offers an overview of how law is made and changed in response to social problems across time and place. The course positions current issues that present challenging legal, moral and ethical questions within their social and historical context. In doing so, it examines the role of law in society and analyses connections between the law and political, social and economic factors.
Course learning outcomes
- Apply appropriate research skills in sourcing a range of relevant resources
- Demonstrate skills in reading and interpreting legal sources
- Assess how the law responds to, regulates and influences social problems
- Analyse the law's relationship to political, social and economic factors
Availability
Class details
Online
Class number 1041
Section 01OL
Size 500
Available 491
Notes:
Class details
Online
Class number 3043
Section 01OL
Size 500
Available 495
Notes:
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