37174 - Sociology of Law in the Economic and Labour Processes

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Legal Consultant in Business and Public Administration (cod. 9242)

Learning outcomes

The student will study the main classical sociological theories relevant for the developement of a sociological view of the law. He can also understand in a sociological and economical perspective the main problems of the Italian job market, and the significant changes that occurred in the last decades.

Course contents

The course will be divided into two parts.

A) The first part will be dedicated to the exposition of the theories and philosophical and legal currents that have contributed to the formation of a sociological vision of law.

The main problems of contemporary sociology of law will then be illustrated with reference to the sociological currents they derive from.

Particular attention will be paid to empirical research methodologies and their possible applications in the legal field, with the integration of material that may be distributed in class.

B) In the second part of the course, sociological aspects typical of the Italian labour market will be analysed with particular attention to the perspective of the transformation, tertiarisation and regulation of Italian labour with reference to the following issues
- unemployment (analysing the figures of the employed, the unemployed and the inactive and addressing issues such as unemployment in the two Italies, youth unemployment, intellectual unemployment, and long-term unemployment);
- women's participation in employment (focusing on the so-called "double presence at home and at work", on the feminisation of labour demand and on the age-old problem of gender segregation);
- trends in labour demand with particular reference to the process of tertiarisation, the system of labour market flexibility and atypical and temporary jobs;
- labour flexibility and unstable occupations;
- undeclared employment and double jobs, (from irregular employment to the phenomenon of undeclared work);
- immigrants in the Italian labour market (tracing the evolution of migration flows in Europe and attempting to answer the question of whether immigrants are competitors, complementary or substitutes for Italian workers).

Readings/Bibliography

Necessary readings:

Part A.

For students not attending the course: R. Treves, Sociologia del diritto, Einaudi, Torino, whatever edition, excluding par. 15, 17, 18, 25 and 27, 29, 30, and chaps. VI, VIII and X.

For students attending the course (at least, 3/4 of the classes), it will be possible, alternatively, to study the materials and the integrations delivered during the classes.

 

Part B.

E. Reyneri, Introduzione alla sociologia del mercato del lavoro, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2017, excluding chapt. III, V and VI.

Teaching methods

Frontal teaching. The teacher will also use powerpoint slides and films.

Attending classes is not necessary to be examined, but only students who attended at leat 3/4 of the classes will be admitted to the alternative assessment methods (see below).

During the first semester the teaching of this course will follow the second model described at https://dsg.unibo.it/en/teaching/projects-and-teaching-methodologies/teaching-modes-at-dsg-on-i-semester-a-y-2020-2021 ).

Assessment methods

The student will be asked to discuss some of the relevant topics of the course, in order to assess not only the knowledge of the discipline, but also the methodology and capacity for criticism developed by the student.

Students regularly attending at least 3/4 of the classes will have the possibility to be examined according to an alternative method, involving first of all a written test (duration: more or less 1 hour) on the topics of part A, and then the preparation and discussion of a public presentation for the topics of part B, which will be introduced during the course.

The final grade will be determined balancing the results obtained in every step of the exam.

Graduation of the final grade

Preparation on a very limited number of topics; analytical skills emerging only with the help of the teacher; overall correct language → 18-19.

Preparation on a limited number of topics; limited analytical skills; correct language → 20-24.

Preparation on a large number of topics; analytical skills; mastery of specific terminology → 25-29.

Exhaustive preparation; analytical skills above average; full mastery of specific terminology; autonomous argumentation skills → 30-30L.

Students must take the Private Law and Constitutional law exams before taking this exam.

Teaching tools

The teacher will use powerpoint slides and films.

Students with special needs related to different forms of disability or to DSA, are welcome to contact their teacher to discuss about the possible accomodations.

Office hours

See the website of Annalisa Verza

SDGs

No poverty Gender equality Decent work and economic growth Reduced inequalities

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.