Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Course Description Status: Approved

Course Description Version: 24/25.P.1.00

Description Period: 2024./25 academic year pavasara semestris

Study Course Accepted: -

Study Course Description

Social - legal Problems

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
LUSDK_250
Branch of Science
Social Politics and Organisation of Social Work; Sociology and social work
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Juridical Science
LQF
Level 8
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Lolita Vilka
Structure Unit Manager
Liāna Deklava
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts

Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, lusdk@rsu.lv, +371 67061575

About Study Course

Objective

To promote doctoral students' understanding of the social, political and legal aspects of human security and to develop interdisciplinary research skills.

Preliminary Knowledge

Human rights. Constitutional rights. Social rights. Understanding of political and economic processes at the master's level.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.On completion of the study course, students are able to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of socio-legal issues. Understand the role of rights in the social security system. Apply modern research methods in the field of law in connection with the problem of social welfare.

Skills

1.On completion of the study course, students are able to analyse, compare, and evaluate policies and different social security systems and their relation to the socio-legal practice.

Competences

1.On completion of the study course, students are able to integrate aspects of sociology and social policy into legal practice and research.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Individual work
-
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Essay: Accessibility and Exercise of Social Rights – Problems and Practices.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Examination
-
-
2.
Examination
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Active participation in classes: analysis of case law in the field of social legal issues; preparation of discussion. Assessment of the independent work – essay: Accessibility and Exercise of Social Rights – Problems and Practices.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1

  1. Areas of interaction between social problems and law. Sociological perspectives of social problem analysis. Methodological aspects of interdisciplinary research in law and sociology.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2

  1. Pillars and principles of EU social rights.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Other
2

  1. Social policy and welfare. Diversity of social welfare models.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
Off site
E-Studies platform
2

  1. Poverty and marginalisation. Legal aspects of access to resources and equal opportunities.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
Off site
E-Studies platform
2

  1. Right to social security. Social security system as a mechanism for exercise of social rights. Case law in Latvia in the field of social rights.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
Off site
E-Studies platform
2
2.
Class/Seminar
Off site
E-Studies platform
2

  1. Family policy. Children and family welfare. Socio-legal protection mechanisms in Latvia.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
Off site
E-Studies platform
2

  1. Trafficking in human beings. Socio-legal protection of victims of trafficking in human beings.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
Off site
E-Studies platform
2
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Judins A. Atjaunojošā justīcija nepilngadīgo noziedzības kontekstā: Baltijas valstis Eiropas dimensijā. (2010), Providus, Pieejams tiešsaistē:

2.

The European Pillar of Social Rights in 20 principles. European Commission.

3.

Socio‐Legal Studies in 2020. The Author. Journal of Law and Society © 2020 Cardiff University Law School. Issue Online: 23 November 2020. Kopkatalogā.

4.

R. Daniel Kelemen, The Transformation of Law and Regulation in the European Union. Harvard University Press. 201. Kopkatalogā.

5.

Jorge Garcés Ferre, Irene Monsonís Payá. Sustainability and Transformation in European Social Policy. Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. 2013. Kopkatalogā

6.

Jean-Baptiste Farcy and Sarah Smit. Status (Im)Mobility and the Legal Production of Irregularity: A Sociolegal Analysis of Temporary Migrants’ Lived Experiences. 2020. Social & Legal Studies 2020, Vol. 29(5) 629–649. Tiešsaistē.

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