6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 1023301AEW for working students in the 1st semester
at
a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
- Semester
- 1st semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Possible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Enrollment Requirements
- NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.
- Taught in
- Dutch
- Faculty
- Faculty of Law and Criminology
- Department
- Metajuridica
- Educational team
- Niels Van Dijk
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
- 26 contact hours Lecture
70 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
Law does not exist in isolation, nor only in the books. It is a fundamental part of society with which it is in constant interaction. It is thus of great importance for the study of law and criminology to obtain better knowledge of this interaction. This course will therefore deal with the broader social, economic and political factors that influence law and its place and function within society. It will introduce students in both sociology and the sociological study of law.
On the one hand the course will deal with the founders, theories, methods and basic concepts of sociology as a science of society as a complex phenomenon. These insights will then be applied to law. It will treat both the influence of society on law (the social production of law) and the influence of law on society (the social effect of law)
On the other hand, the course will treat legal sociology as a specific discipline or science, which studies the origin, development and social function of law in an empirical manner. It will deal with a series of themes and institutions that are relevant for law, such as legislation, adjudication, legal professions and enforcement. Finally, it will discuss the (changing) relations between citizen, law and society.
- Course material
- Handbook (Required) : Dialogen tussen recht en samenleving, Een handboek over het rechtssociologisch onderzoek in Vlaanderen., Koen Van Aeken , Steven Gibens , Bernard Hubeau , Stephan Parmentier , Jean Van Houtte, 2de, Acco, 9789463448338, 2019
Handbook (Required) : Sociologie en rechtssociologie, Van Dijk Niels, Acco, 9789464147872, 2020
Digital course material (Required) : Extra teksten, Canvas, 9789464674682, 2023
Digital course material (Required) : Powerpoint presentaties, Canvas
- Additional info
Online learning platform.
- Learning Outcomes
-
General competencies
The student is capable:
- Of describing the main founding figures and theories of sociology.
- Of explaining the main sociological concepts and foundations.
- Of autonomously articulating the main processes and opposed forces in society.
- Of characterizing the own character of sociology as a science.
- Of relating sociological theories to the legal system.
- Of discussing the sociological approach to law.
- Of explaining the main concepts and foundations of legal sociology.
- Of explaining legal-sociological analyses of legal institutions and themes in its own words.
- Of applying theories and concepts of legal sociology on contemporary problems and cases related to law.
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Examen Schriftelijk
with a relative weight of 100
which comprises 100% of the final mark.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
The exam is a written exam during the examination period based on multiple choice questions.
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Work and Organisational Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Laws: default (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Criminology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)