SOCI 237 - Sociology of Law: The Everyday Life of Law

FC SSCI CD

4 credits
This course introduces students to how law is made real in society through cultural meanings, organizational practices, and overlapping systems of authority. By engaging with major paradigms in the sociology of law, students will learn to identify and critically analyze how legality is experienced in everyday life. The course explores how people’s beliefs, attitudes, and histories shape their relationships with legal institutions. It also explores how those interpretations influence, and are influenced by, the structure of society. By the end of the course, students will grasp the crucial distinction between law on the books and law in practice. Recommended preparation: one Introduction to Sociology course.