Sociology of Law
Program description:
This program examines law and legal structure in a social context. Course topics include theoretical approaches to law, historical perspectives on the origins of law; rationality and legal sanctions; normative and moral decision-making; crime and deviance, "law in action" versus "law in the books"; the roles of lawyers, judges, and juries; and law and social change with a special focus on the civil rights movement.
Topics and objectives:
- Definition of law, sociology, and the sociology of law,
- The legal system in the UAE.
- Characteristics and methods of sociological analysis of law.
- Functionalism and constructionist theories of law.
- Evolution and emergence of law and norms.
- Custom as the basis of law.
- Ethics of religion and the ethics of law.
- Analysis of law as a social system.
- Law as a system of social interaction
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