MLSU BAL102 - SOCIOLOGY (New Scheme) Syllabus : Mohanlal Sukhadia University
 

MLSU BAL102 - SOCIOLOGY (New Scheme) Syllabus : Mohanlal Sukhadia University

MOHANLAL SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY, UDAIPUR
FACULTY OF LAW
FIRST SEMESTER BACHELOR OF ARTS AND LAWS INTEGRATED
PAPER – II (PAPER CODE - BAL102) : (PAPER NAME - SOCIOLOGY)
I – SEMESTER
M.M 80

UNIT- I Basic Concepts in Sociology I:
Society, Community, Association, Institution, Social Structure, Culture, Social
System Social Processes.

UNIT-II Basic Concepts in Sociology II:
Social Norms and Values: Concepts and Types (with reference to Kingsley Davis’s
Classification); Socialization: Concept and Agencies; Social Control; Meaning and
Forms

UNIT-III Sociological Thought on Law:
Emile Durkheim; Repressive and Restitutive Law; Karl Marx; law as a part of
Super Structure; Max Weber: Traditional, Legal and Charismatic Authority.

UNIT-IV Law and Weaker Section:
Constitutional Provisions for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other
Backward Classes, Atrocities against Dalits, Violence against Women.

UNIT-V Law and Social Problems:
Communalism and Communal Violence, Terrorism, Drug Abuse, Juvenile
Delinquency, Child Marriage, Dowry, Widow-Remarriage, Divorce, Prostitution

SUGGESTED READINGS :
1. Ahuja, Ram : Indian Social System, Rawat Publication, Jaipur, 1993
2. Ahuja, Ram : Social Problems in Indian, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 2002
3. Aron, Raymond : Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vol. I & II, Penguin
4. Davis, Kingsley : Human Society Surjeet Publications, New Delhi, 1981
5. Maclver, R.M. and Page, C.H.: Society: An Introductory Analysis, New York, Rinehart,
1937
6. Rawat, H.K. : Sociology : Basic Concepts, Rawat Publications, Jaipur 2007
7. Singh, J.P. : Sociology : Concepts and Theories, Prentice Hall of India, Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi,
2003