Law (LAWS)
Department of Law
Faculty of Public Affairs
LAWS 4107 [0.5 credit]
Law in Modern Society
Sociological and legal theory accounts of the changing role and function of law in modern society with particular reference to advanced capitalist societies. Topics include: the welfare state and the use of regulatory law; juridification and legalization; counter-trends, deregulation, informalism, legal pluralism. (Also listed as
SOCI 4303.)
Prerequisite:
LAWS 3101,
LAWS 3105,
LAWS 3105 [1.0] (no longer offered),
LAWS 3106, or
SOCI 3801.
Seminars three hours a week.