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Class number:
3343
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Title: Sociology of Law |
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Department: Sociology |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 15 |
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Current enrollment: 16 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM, LSC - 132 |
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Instructor(s): Couloute, Lucius |
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Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in a prior Sociology course or permission of the instructor. This course is not open to first-year students. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement |
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Note: Please contact Professor Johnny Williams for registration information: Johnny.Williams@trincoll.edu |
Course Description:
This course offers a sociological perspective on the law, as well as the causes and consequences of the legal system. Topics covered include a comparison of scientific and legal modes of inquiry, the uses and importance of social science findings in judicial and policy decision-making, social factors affecting jury selection and jury decisions, racial and class inequalities and the law, law as a form of social control, legal organizations and professions, and law as an instrument of social change. |