Course Contents

Defining Sociology of Law and a brief history of Sociological Jurisprudence, Structure and classification of the Sociology of Law, Basic Norms/ Customs and Social Sanctions, Social Control and Social Order, Sociological approach of human rights, definition and a brief history of Human Rights, Sociological Needs and importance of human rights in Pakistan, Classification of Human Rights, Collective Rights, Ethnic and minority rights, Fundamental Rights, Constitutional rights Islam, Human rights and society, Islam and human rights, Human rights in Quran, The Hadith and Human Rights, Islamic Declaration of Human Rights, International Organization and Human Rights, Introduction and role of (UNO, Charter based organs, The UNICEF, UNHCR and ILO) Rights of the refugees (convention relating to the status of refugee 1951), International Covenant on civil and political rights 1966, International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights 1966, Women rights and CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All kind of Discrimination Against Women) 1979, Rights of the child (CRC) 1989, Rights of Minorities (Declaration on the rights of persons belonging to minorities 1992), Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), Law, human rights and its present condition in Pakistan, Fundamental rights of the citizens in Pakistan, Women rights in the constitution, its present implementation and violation, Child rights in the constitution, its present implementation and violation, Family laws in Pakistan (Marriage, Divorce, Maintenance, Guardianship), Recent social laws in Pakistan, Prisoner’s rights in Pakistan, its present implementation and violation, Labor’s rights in Pakistan, its present implementation and violation, Human Trafficking

Course Synopsis

In modernized societies the system of social control and law has become one of the most dominant components of the total social structure to bring harmony and social order in the society. The course has been framed with the objective to provide information regarding the understanding of the philosophy of human rights in the local, national and international context. The students will then be promptly aware of the rights of the citizens, minority, children, prisoners, women etc, and they shall then adopt a better mechanism for Social Legislations-Constitutional provisions in favor of such deprived communities.

Course Learning Outcomes

Accordingly, the major objectives of teaching this course are to acquaint the students with the nature and functioning of law and process of legislation in the country. Similarly, the course will generate in the minds of students an awareness of their status and role as citizens of the state and how they can play their role in the maintenance of social order. Further, the emphasis of the course is to make the students aware of the prerequisites about the social and cultural boundaries and the sanction behind the law.