This course explores law in global context, with reference to legal reasoning and how law operates as a method of social control, a challenge or reinforcement of concentrations of power, and a facilitator of social change. The principal goal is to help students to develop knowledge of sociological theory and research to study law through a comparative perspective. We will examine Indigenous peoples and the law, religion's connection to law, litigation, legal professions, international law, and justice movements.
This course explores law in global context, with reference to legal reasoning and how law operates as a method of social control, a challenge or reinforcement of concentrations of power, and a facilitator of social change. The principal goal is to help students to develop knowledge of sociological theory and research to study law through a comparative perspective. We will examine Indigenous peoples and the law, religion's connection to law, litigation, legal professions, international law, and justice movements.
