Duration
30h Th, 6h QA Sess.
Number of credits
| Bachelor in law | 4 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in political sciences : general | 4 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course will focus on the definition of 2 main concepts of sociology: Interest and Value. The classical sociology and Machiavelli have created the concept of interest: the idea of a calculation, related to the idea of adaptation to a situation. The concept of value sends back to a community of strong and shared feelings. We shall present the analyses of Machiavelli, Montesquieu, de Tocqueville and Weber of this subject.
Contemporary sociology proposes the termsof " strategy" and "collective identity" to define these same realities. To do so, we will rely on the method proposed by Crozier in his book "The Bureaucratic Phenomenon".
Finally, we will apply these sociological concepts and methods to the technological innovations which recently led to a reconfiguration of legal practice and knowledge. Based on a few research articles and on some conferences given by professionals, we will question the interests and values at stake in concrete legaltech projects.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Understand a strong constituent reasoning about sociology: the link between the interests and the values through the study of some big works of sociology, from Machiavelli to Crozier.
This understanding will be tested with help of a comparison of the authors or approaches: it is thus important not to limit yourself to the systematic statement of an author, nor to a unique point of view, but to be able to compare, connect similar points of the course together.
Understand some of the issues surrounding the digitalisation of the law.
N.B.: You shall be able to place the authors and the historic facts in a chronological order.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
none
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
see french version
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Second semester
The private lessons are optional and are considered as a revision of the course and organised in questions/answers sessions.
To know when, where and about what the examination will be, please consult the notice board.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- MyULiège
Further information:
O. Kuty et Dubois C., de la Valeur à la norme, Editions De Boeck, 2019
The chapters relating to the sessions on the digitisation of law are taken from a book soon to be published by the Editions de l'ULiege. More information on this book will be provided during the first sessions of the course.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Writen examination with open questions and multiple choice
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
additional documents distributed before or after the sessions
Contacts
F. Schoenaers@uliege.be
C.Dubois@uliege.be
Association of one or more MOOCs
Items online
conference 2
text conference 2
power point conference 1