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HGA207

Enrolment
Unit Code
Unit Title
HGA202 Sociological Analysis of Modern Society
HGA203 Social and Political Research
HGA204 Survey Research
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA206 Crime and Criminal Justice
HGA207 Sociology of Law
HGA212 Love, Family and Sexuality: East--West Comparison
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA219 Magic, Spirituality and Religion
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA220 Science, Technology and Contemporary Society
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA221 The Individual and Society
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA223 Social Problems and Social Policy
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA230 Qualitative Research Methods
HGA231 Migrants in Australian Society
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA232 Working With Offenders
HGA233 Environmental Protests and other Social Movements
HGA236 Capital, Class and the Corporation
HGA239 Health Sociology
HGA241 Sociology of Underdevelopment
HGA242 Sociology of Population Change
HGA243 Urban Sociology
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA244 The Environment, Crime and Social Regulation
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA248 Indigeneity, Citizenship and the State
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA251 Tourism, Sport and Leisure
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA254 Social Change in Southeast Asia
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA259 Sociology of Deviance
HGA261 Sociology of Nature
HGA262 Social Inequality
HGA272 Gender and Power
HGA273 Mass Media and Contemporary Societies
HGA277 Sociology of Youth
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA297 Refugees and Australian Society
(Not Offered 2009)
HGA299 Australian Society

2009  HGA207  Sociology of Law

Unit Level: Intermediate

Available as a Student Elective: Yes

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See also   HGA307

OFFERINGS

Unit Sem 1 Sem 2 Full Yr Spring Summer Winter
HGA207 H

Key Semester Dates
Semester Campus Attendance Note Start Date Census Date Final WW Date* End Date
Sem 1 H On Campus 23-FEB-2009 23-MAR-2009 13-APR-2009 29-MAY-2009

*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see Withdrawal dates explained for more information).

Offered in Courses: [ L3D] [ R3A] [ R3K]
About Census Dates

DESCRIPTION

Provides a sociological perspective on the relationship between law and society through a critical analysis of the basic processes of law, issues of social power and legal institutions, and law reform and social change. The aims of the subject are to evaluate the social basis of the construction of the legal subject; to assess liberal conceptions of rights and justice; and to analyse the relationship between law and social inequality by considering issues related to rurality, disability, class, gender, sexuality and ethnicity.

WEIGHT:  12.5%

ASSESSMENT: Level 200: 3,000 word essay (50%), 2 hr exam (50%)
Level 300: 3,500 word essay (50%), 2 hr exam (50%)

TEACHING PATTERN: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly

FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS
Note: Class attendance may still be required

   Web supported - H
Online access to some part of this unit online is optional
   Resource supported teaching & learning - H
Additional resources are provided for your optional use; e.g. audio taped lectures
About Flexible Study Options

REQUISITE INFO
M.Excl HAF209/309, HGA207/307

TEXTS
Hobart Co-op Bookshop Website - Semester (Sem 1)

STAFF: Dr M Travers

FEES
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KEY

Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.

Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.

Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, J, K, Q and Z click here for more information.



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