Sociology of law and PUBLIC administratIONS
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher:
Carlo PENNISI
Expected Learning Outcomes
The course is dedicated to the acquisition of categories, concepts and perspectives in the sociological analysis of legal decisions in their various contexts, which will contribute to the internship experience and the preparation of the dissertation.
Course Structure
The course has three main phases: the first is dedicated to an alignment of knowledge on the topics and the sharing of the necessary key concepts; the second concerns the exposition and discussion of specific contents; the third, in seminar forms, is dedicated to exercising the use of the concepts and theories exposed to the internship and thesis activities
Required Prerequisites
It is advisable to have already taken sociology of law or, at least, some examinations of sociology and law. In the first part of the course, specific lectures and materials will be devoted to align the class on the topics necessary for the continuation of the course.
Attendance of Lessons
The lessons are designed to encourage face-to-face interaction which is considered part of the objectives of the course and subject to evaluation.
Detailed Course Content
By means of the most recent reflections and the most reliable research proposed by sociological theory on legal decision-making, an attempt will be made to deepen the specificity of administration with reference to specific themes and problems suggested by the lecturer or proposed by the class, with respect to the internship activities in progress or the thesis work.
After a phase in which the terms of the autonomy of legal decision-making will be defined, the concepts of communication and decision-making will be dealt with in the light of the sociological theory of action, and the limits recognised to theories of management.
The proposed materials will enable students to reconsider, in the third part of the course, their areas of interest and study in such a way as to specify their sociological profile and enhance their originality, both from a scientific and an operational point of view.
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The examinations will consist of the presentation of an individual paper and its collective discussion. The papers to be submitted for the final examination must relate to an area of issues (theories, concepts, research, norms and legal disciplines) raised in the lectures and related to the areas of interest to which the student is devoting thesis and internship work. The evaluation will take into account each student's contribution to improving the presentation of colleagues' work, through questions, observations and suggestions.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
The examinations will consist of the presentation of an individual paper and its collective discussion. The papers to be submitted for the final examination must relate to an area of issues (theories, concepts, research, norms and legal disciplines) raised in the lectures and related to the areas of interest to which the student is devoting thesis and internship work. The evaluation will take into account each student's contribution to improving the presentation of colleagues' work, through questions, observations and suggestions.
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