LAW AND SOCIETY

MODULE 1
TOPIC 1-

 SOCIETY EVOLVES,
 AS IT EVOLVES, LAW TENDS TO CHANGE ITS FORM AS IN FROM INFORMAL TO FORMAL;
 LAW IN FORMAL SHAPE PERMEATES BY AND BY ALL FORMS OF BEHAVIOUR IN THE SOCIETY
ESPECIALLY IF WE LOOK AT TODAY’S WORLD;

STEVEN VAGO BOOK - PAGES 3 TO UPTIL (3RD PARA) PAGE 5

 DEFINITIONS/CONCEPTUALIZATION OF LAW

STEVEN VAGO BOOK - PAGES 9 TO 16

TOPIC 2

 SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY
 AREAS OF CONVERGENCE AND COMMONNALITIES BETWEEN THE TWO
DISCIPLINES(SUBJECTS/FIELDS OF STUDY)
 AREAS OF DIVERGENCE BETWEEN THE TWO

STEVEN VAGO BOOK-

PAGES 5 (BEGINNING FROM 4TH PARAGRAPH ONWARDS) TO PAGE 6(UPTIL 2ND PARA);
PAGE 7 UNDER HEADING SOCIAL SCIENTISTS AND LAWYERS) TO PAGE 9 (1 ST PARAGRAPH)

TOPIC 3
 SITUATING SOCIOLOGY OF LAW (SOL)
 NATURE OF SOL
 SCOPE OF SOL

STEVEN VAGO BOOK- PAGE 6 (3RD PARA) TO PAGE 7(2ND PARA)

MATHEW DEFLEM BOOK- PAGE 4 HEADING SOCIOLOGY OF LAW : A PRILIMINARY CLASSIFICATION

TO PAGE 8 (1ST PARA)

AND DRAGON MILOVANOVIC BOOK- PAGE IX (FOREWORD OF THE BOOK); PAGE 1 LAST PARA;PAGE
4 (THE RELEVANT PORTIONS HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW COLOUR)

(THE ABOVE PORTIONSMAY BE READ IN ADDITION TO NOTES ON ‘NATURE OF SOL’ GIVEN EARLIER
ALREADY)

TOPIC 4
 FUNCTIONS OF LAW
 DYSFUNCTIONS OF LAW

STEVEN VAGO BOOK- PAGES 17 TO 19

TOPIC 5
 SOCIO-LEGAL RESEARCH - ITS BENEFITS
 IMPORTANT STEPS IN SOCIO- LEGAL RESEARCH
 KEY METHODS IN SOCIO LEGAL RESEARCH - OBSERVATIONAL, EXPERIMENTAL, SURVEY AND
HISTORICAL

STEVEN VAGO BOOK - PAGES 279 TO 297 (ENTIRE CHAPTER 9 )