B026857 - PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AND LEGAL COMPUTER SCIENCE

italian

Italian

The course will be devoted to the sociology of deviance, the theories of punishment, the sociology of the penitentiary system and how alternative measures apply. The final part of the course will be devoted to information technology law and legal informatics with special reference to cybercrime and cibersecurity.

The course will be devoted to the sociology of deviance, the theories of punishment, the sociology of the penitentiary system and how alternative measures apply. The final part of the course will be devoted to information technology law and legal informatics with special reference to cybercrime and cibersecurity.

The course will be devoted to the sociology of deviance, the theories of punishment, the sociology of the penitentiary system and how alternative measures apply. The final part of the course will be devoted to information technology law and legal informatics with special reference to cybercrime and cibersecurity.

The course will be devoted to the sociology of deviance, the theories of punishment, the sociology of the penitentiary system and how alternative measures apply. The final part of the course will be devoted to information technology law and legal informatics with special reference to cybercrime and cibersecurity.

E. SANTORO, Carcere e società liberale, II edizione, Giappichelli, Torino

E. SANTORO, Carcere e società liberale, II edizione, Giappichelli, Torino 2004

E. SANTORO, Carcere e società liberale, II edizione, Giappichelli, Torino 2004

Understanding
Knowledge about the sociology of deviance, theories of punishment, the sociology of the penitentiary system, and alternative measures.
Skills
Ability to analyze the relationship between law and social reality, in particular the social impact of criminal rules and the ways of managing social problems.
Competences
Approach to law as a ‘social question’. Aptitude to historicize the offence-punishment link, to connect the problems of the political-social order with the theories of deviance and punishment..

Knowledge of the basic notions of sociology of deviance, theories of punishment, sociology of the penitentiary system and alternative measures.
Ability in analysing the relationship between law and society, paying special attention to the impact of penal law and security management on society.
Compentences in understanding the law as a social issue, analysing the relationship between crime and punishment, connecting issues related to political order to theories of deviance and punishment.

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Lectures: 54 hours

lectures: 54 hours

Verification of the knowledge about the topics discussend in the lectures and in the book suggestedl

Final exam on the text and the issues discussed during the lectures.

In the first part the different legal-sociological theories about the functions of the punishing system will be introduced, with particular reference to the different kinds of deviance and penitentiary institutions. In particular will be analyzed in depth: the different interpretations of the evolution of punishing systems; social control; the psychological and anthropological foundations of punishment; the relationship between morality and criminal law; the opposition between the classical school and the positive school (Lombroso and Ferri); retribution, due process and deterrence theories; the opposition between punishment and offender’s treatment; abolitionist theories; the sociology of prison life; ‘total institutions’; the process of degradation of defendants and convicts; the representation of deviance in the media; the transition from the welfare state to the ‘penal state’; theories of juvenile deviance; Durkheim’s sociology of punishment: anomie; the Chicago school; the labelling theory; critical criminology and the new criminological realism. The second part of the course will be devoted to information technology law and legal informatics with special reference to cybercrime and cibersecurity. The lectures will be integrated with seminars in which some topics will be discussed with experts.

In the first part of the course the teacher will present the main legal-sociological theories on punishment, with a special focus on deviance and the penitentiary system. In the second part of the course basic theories of legal information technology will be discussed, with a special focus on new security technologies. Experts will be invited.