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HGA207

Enrolment
Unit Code
Unit Title
HGA202 Sociological Analysis of Modern Society
HGA203 Social and Political Research
HGA204 Survey Research
HGA206 Crime and Criminal Justice
HGA207 Sociology of Law
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA208 Volunteering Sociology
HGA212 Love, Families and Sexuality
HGA219 Magic, Spirituality and Religion
HGA220 Science, Technology and Contemporary Society
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA221 The Individual and Society
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA223 Social Problems and Social Policy
HGA228 The Body in Society
HGA230 Qualitative Research Methods
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA231 Migrants in Australian Society
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA232 Working With Offenders
HGA233 Environmental Protests and other Social Movements
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA236 Capital, Class and the Corporation
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA239 Health Sociology
HGA241 Sociology of Underdevelopment
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA242 Sociology of Population Change
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA243 Urban Sociology
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA244 The Environment, Crime and Social Regulation
HGA248 Indigeneity, Citizenship and the State
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA251 Tourism, Sport and Leisure
HGA259 Sociology of Deviance
HGA261 Sociology of Nature
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA262 Social Inequalities: Global and Local
HGA272 Gender and Power
HGA273 Mass Media and Contemporary Societies
HGA277 Sociology of Youth
(Not Offered 2010)
HGA299 Australian Society

2010  HGA207  Sociology of Law

Unit Level: Intermediate

Available as a Student Elective: Yes

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See also   HGA307

OFFERINGS
Not Offered

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

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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