SOCIOLOGY OF LAW AND DEVIANCY
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1) THE SOCIETY GENERATES ITS OWN LAW ACCORDING THE OLD SENTENCE "UBI SOCIETAS UBI JUS" 2) THE LAW ANALYZED FROM THE "STATU NASCENTI" TO ITS INSTITUTIONALITATION AND FROM THE NATURAL LAW TO THE POSITIVE ONE: THE NATURE AND THE RULE. 3) THE LAW ANALYZED IN A TRIANGULAR PERSPECTIVE THAT IS IN RELATION TO THE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL SYSTEMS. 4) THE SCLEROSIS OF LEGAL FORMALISM VERSUS THE CHANGING SOCIAL REALITY: THE PROBLEM OF FORM AND SUBSTANCE. THE TYPES OF LEGITIMACY OF AUTHORITY AND LAW IN MAX WEBER. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND ETHICS AND THEIR ROLE IN REGULATING SOCIETY. THE LAW AS AUTOPOIETIC SYSTEM IN N. LUHMANN AND G. TEUBNER. THE VIOLATION OF LAW AND THE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF DEVIANT AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR. DEVIANCE AND CRIMINALITY IN THE MARGINAL AREAS AND IN THE UPPER CLASSES. THE SOCIAL CONTROL AND THE INSTITUTION OF PENALITY. THE TOTAL INSTITUTIONS OF E. GOFFMAN AND CONTROL AND PUNISHIMENT IN CH. FOUCAULT. THE THEORIES OF LABELLING AND STIGMA IN THE NEW SCHOOL OF CHICAGO. LEGIFICATION AND THE REGULATION THAT IS: LEX ET LIBERTAS IN THE CIVIL SOCIETY. THE DIFFUSION AND THE LEGITTIMATION OF ILLEGALITY AND DEVIANCE IN THE ANOMIC SOCIETY: THE ROLE OF MASS MEDIA A REFLECTION STARTING FROM DURKHEIM AND R. MERTON. THE CULTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE UTOPIA OF UNIVERSAL ETHICS IN A GLOBAL WORLD
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