Law and Social Change

Combining the approaches of the philosophy of law and the sociology of law, this course intends to provide the tools for understanding legal phenomena and their contribution to the conservation or change of the social order. The course will be divided into three parts. The first part will be dedicated to the concepts necessary for the identification and understanding of law as a social phenomenon. The second part will be devoted to the role of law in relation to the conservation and change of the social order. The third part will be devoted to the perspectives of what are known as "critical theories of law".

At the end of the course, students must have acquired:
- knowledge and understanding of how different ideas on the essence and tasks of law contribute to determining its reality;
- knowledge and understanding of how law contributes to the conservation and change of the social order;
- knowledge and understanding of the contribution to the reflection on law of some critical perspectives;
- the ability to apply the acquired knowledge to the critical analysis of specific legal issues.