Question

How do we not have a law group yet?!

Answer 1

I didn't know anybody was intrested in this kind of group. @ParthKohli

Answer 2

Ummm @ParthKohli I think that is a great idea... especially for people studying law like myself (in a couple of years)... You should DEFINITELY send a request to @Preetha on this excellent idea/topic :)

Answer 3

@sammixboo do you agree...? I just wanna a second opinion on this maybe some more pro's and con's lol

Answer 4

We should have one.

What about a career section with different careers in the subsections.

Answer 5

i think we should on e :)

Answer 6

Generally law questions are asked in the history group, and it works. A lot of laws are based on court rulings for the most part. However, +1 for the idea.

Answer 7

Law is one of the Social Sciences. There is a Social Sciences group. Note the plural. Frm a technical standpoint, that is actually a very vroad set of topics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_sciences

Answer 8

Why do we need a law group?

Answer 9

I don't know. The main areas that teach it are universities.

Answer 10

Now if you want a really broad topic umbrella, Physical Sciences covers all topics in Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, and Earth sciences. Physics alone has more topics than all of Social Sciences.

Answer 11

Law is law. We have Bachelor of Laws, which is not the same as Bachelor of Social Sciences. We have Faculty of Law, which is NOT under Faculty of Social Sciences.

To my understanding, law vary from place to place, which depends on where you study it and which system you are studying. This is different from other subjects in the sense that you have some "universal theories" to study. Regardless of where you are studying it, it is the same.

Besides, when you talk about something serious like laws, case studies, it would be better for you to discuss with your fellow classmates. If you still have questions, it would also be better to ask your professors and tutors at your university as they are more professional. It would be more effective than asking online.

Answer 12

There is no such degree as a Bachelor of Social Sciences, plural, which is a tad odd because it is a multi-focus degree. There is a Bachelor of Social Science, singular, and it regularly does include the study of law. This is because the Social Sciences, as an overall classification, is very broad. Now, while it is inclusive of law in the general sense, I agree that the topic of law is very much its own thing. Just like a Chemistry degree more uses math than teaches math, a Social Science degree more uses law than teaches law.

If we really had dozens of people studying law, then it might be worth it to have a law section. However, without that, then the closest umbrella is the Social Sciences. This reasoning is similar to how there used to be no math teachers. Originally all there were was philosophy teachers. The philosopher would teach math as a preparation for logic and as a way to show that things could be proven. But when math became important in its own right, it moved out from its home in philosophy and began being taught alone.

Answer 13

uh

Answer 14

We already have an Engineering subject...

Answer 15

so why not a Law? :P

Answer 16

Another dead subject is not needed... without a better way to get people to see a range of topics, it is just going to burry it. =(

Answer 17

true...

Answer 18

Bachelor of Social Sciences:
http://www.socsc.hku.hk/bsocs_programme.html
Bachelor of Laws:
http://www.law.hku.hk/programmes/llb_faq.php

Answer 19

Interesting. All the ones I found were Science, singular... but as I said, I thought that was odd.

So, let's look at the page you linked.

For example, I'll look at two parts of that degree and their departments starting with Social Work and Social Administration
http://www.socsc.hku.hk/departments_ssw.html

Same university. "The staff team comprises locally and globally renowned experts in social work; social policies; social administration; sociology; clinical, counseling and medical psychology; criminology; law; political science; health and behavioral health."

Note that criminology and law are part of the Social Work and Social Administration department.

And then there is Politics and Public Administration
http://www.socsc.hku.hk/departments_ppa.html

It is less clear the relationship to law based on the page. However, what about politics? By the very nature of politics, law is involved. This is where you have the creation of law.

All of this is covered in these topics because law is one of the social sciences.

As I said before, the relationship is more similar to how math is applied and taught in non-math subjects. Philosophy teaches math in the form of logic for the use in philosophical proofs. Chemistry teaches math to balance chemical reactions. The relationship between law and social sciences is closer than that. Law is one of the Social Sciences, when it is used as a category. Just like Physics, Chemistry, and Geology are all Physical Sciences when you use that term as a category.

See, Social Science(s) as a degree is not the same thing as Social Sciences as a category. Would you think to get a degree in Physical Sciences, or a degree in Physics, Chemistry, Geology, etc? And yes, degrees in Physical Sciences exist. http://uafs.edu/academics/physical-science It is just someone has chosen to use the category as a degree name rather than a topic inside of it.

There are all sorts of topics on OpenStudy that are taught outside their category. However, how many people studying law, criminology, and related topics are coming to OpenStudy? Are there enough to break off yet another topic from its category? I seriously doubt it because I have seen only 5 or so questions on it in a couple years.