CRIM 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: First Nations, Prostitution Law, Self-Determination
8 Dec 2017
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Week 1: morality, rights talk and law: online course, readings completed in advance, keep an open mind, time management. Course objectives: understand the centrality of law in society, develop ability to critically examine the regulation of contemporary socio-legal issues, more sophisticated/complex arguments and analysis, root arguments in socio-legal theory. Textbook: there is(cid:374)(cid:859)t o(cid:374)e!, all readings available through sfu library, required and optional (see syllabus) Include the course code (eg. crim332) in the subject line: assignments will not be accepted via email, should be conducted through your sfu account, sign with your full name and student number. Introduction to the sociology of law: what is law, law is everywhere, shapes our worldview, what is the sociology of law, law as a set of social practices, development of legal institutions, social control, regulation, social construction, Interaction of law, legal institutions, legal behavior social change: social context. La(cid:449) is : a complex social process, historically, culturally, contextually and socially specific, dynamic not static.
