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Legal Sociology

Course Code: DR I 15.3 • Study year: I • Academic Year: 2022-2023
Domain: Law • Field of study: Law
Type of course: Elective (1 of 2)
Language of instruction: English
Erasmus Language of instruction: English
Name of lecturer: Manole-Decebal Bogdan
Seminar tutor: Manole-Decebal Bogdan
Form of education Full-time
Form of instruction: Class
Number of teaching hours per semester: 56
Number of teaching hours per week: 2
Semester: Summer
Form of receiving a credit for a course: Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated 5

Course aims:

Studying the subject offers law students the opportunity to understand the connection between the social behaviors of individuals (citizens or stateless persons) in relation to other citizens with the administration and taking into account the applicable legal rules, including the need for new rules to regulate new situations and unregulated.
Use of specialized language and legal logic tools to explain and interpret concepts and theories specific to the field of political science.
Applying group relationship techniques, learning and exercising specific roles in teamwork, by developing interpersonal communication skills.

Course Entry Requirements:

General theory of law

Course contents:

Course 1 - LEGAL SOCIOLOGY - SOCIAL SCIENCE vs. LEGAL SCIENCE Course 2 - OBJECT AND PROBLEMS OF LEGAL SOCIOLOGY Course 3 - GENESIS AND EVOLUTION OF LEGAL SOCIOLOGY Course 4 - ROMANIAN LEGAL SOCIOLOGY Course 5 - SOCIAL ORDER AND LEGAL ORDER Course 6 - SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY Course 7 - PHENOMENON AND SOCIAL PROCESS vs. LEGAL PHENOMENON Course 8 - NON-LAW PHENOMENA Course 9 - The State and the Role of the Individual in society Course 10 - SOCIAL-LEGAL NORMATIVITY AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR Course 11 - METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF SOCIOLOGICAL-LEGAL RESEARCH Course 12 - VIOLENCE AND SOCIETY Course 13 - Domestic violence in the family Course 14 - THE PHENOMENON OF CORRUPTION AND ORGANIZED CRIME

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification.

Learning outcomes:

The use of the legislation in force in the analysis of legal situations and the appropriate framing of social phenomena in the legal norm. The correct identification of the regulations in force and the use of legal reasoning, with their capitalization in professional communication. Explaining and interpreting the way in which the legal phenomenon intersects with the factual situations. Making the correct and reasoned selection between several solutions that can be given to a factual situation.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

The examination consisting of 3 questions.Every answer generates 3 points + one point ex officio = 10 points x 0.8, results grade 8.00 for theoretical knowledge.Participation in seminars, debates, articles can bring up to 10 points.

Recommended reading:

Laura Maria Stanila, Sociologie Juridica, Editura Universul Juridic, Bucuresti, 2017, 293.
Mirela Cristina Nila Stratone, Sociologie Juridica. Elemente de baza, Editura Hamangiu, Bucuresti, 2013, 150.
Banciu Dan, Elemente de Sociologie Juridica, Editura Lumina Lex, Bucuresti, 2000, 182.