2023-2024 / SOCI1106-1

Introduction to sociology and digital issues

Duration

30h Th, 6h QA Sess.

Number of credits

 Bachelor in law4 crédits 
 Bachelor in political sciences : general4 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology)4 crédits 

Lecturer

Benjamin Delgoffe, Christophe Dubois, Frédéric Schoenaers

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

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.

Recommended or required readings

O. Kuty et Dubois C., de la Valeur à la norme, Editions De Boeck, 2019 


Articles related to the sessions on the digitisation of law will be posted via Myulg.

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