果冻影院

The module provides the opportunity for careful and rigorous study of selected topics in analytical and normative Anglo-American jurisprudence.

础颈尘蝉听

• To raise students鈥� critical awareness of some major issues in legal and moral philosophy in the Anglo-American tradition聽

• To develop and discipline students鈥� analytical and critical abilities by having them engage in both oral and written abstract arguments聽

• To enable and encourage students to evaluate legal doctrines and institutions, and to theorize about particular areas of law and their normative foundations

Module Syllabus

The Module is divided in two parts: general jurisprudence (Term 1) and particular jurisprudence (Term 2). General jurisprudence (Term 1), broadly speaking, is an inquiry into the nature of law, and deals with some of the relevant issues such as the nature of legal adjudication, the relation between law and morality, the difference between norms and values on the one hand and natural and social facts on the other, etc. Particular jurisprudence (Term 2) will explore the philosophical foundations and normative questions within specific areas of law.鈥� Both some classical and contemporary readings will be assigned.鈥� For both halves of the Module, some background in philosophy (as that discipline is studied in the Anglo-American universities) would be very helpful, though not necessary or essential.

Recommended materials聽

• H.L.A. Hart鈥疶he Concept of鈥疞aw, 2nd or 3rd鈥痚d. (1994 or 2012)聽

Module reading lists and other module materials will be provided via online module pages, available at the beginning of term once students have enrolled.

Preliminary reading聽

• Jeremy Waldron, 鈥淟aw鈥�, in鈥疶he Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy, edited by Frank Jackson & Michael Smith (2005)聽

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