PrF:SOC050 Legal Philosophy - Course Information
SOC050 Legal Philosophy
Faculty of LawAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Tomáš Sobek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. PhDr. Jakub Valc, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Tereza Buchalová
Supplier department: Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law - Timetable
- Mon 23. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Wed 14:00–15:40 215
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 25/20, only registered: 2/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Law (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies (programme PrF, KOS)
- Course objectives
- The objective of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge of legal philosophy and to develop their analytical and critical thinking. The course should provide a deeper understanding of the sense and functioning of law.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course, student should be able to: - summarize and describe the main issues of legal philosophy; - summarize arguments in support of the most important theories of legal philosophy (e.g. natural law theory and legal positivism); - clarify the various forms of relationship between law and morality and demonstrate them on specific issues; - apply the theoretical knowledge of legal philosophy to practical situations; - understand some of the problems of contemporary law in deeper theoretical contexts.
- Syllabus
- 1) Natural Law Theory; 2) Legal Positivism; 3) Brno Normativist School of Legal Theory; 4) Legal and Moral Obligations; 5) Law and Authority; 6) Social Contract Theory; 7) Legal and Moral Rights; 8) Justification of Human Rights; 9) Liberty and Tolerance (Devlin versus Hart); 10) Responsibility and Guilt; 11) Legal Philosophy and Punishment; 12) What is Justice?
- Literature
- GOLDING, Martin P. and William A. EDMUNDSON (eds.). The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2005, 355 p. ISBN 978-0-631-22831-8.
- TEBBIT, Mark. Philosophy of Law. An Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2005, 249 p. ISBN 0-415-33440-3.
- COLEMAN, Jules and Scott SHAPIRO (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law. Oxford: Oxford Unviersity Press, 2004, 1072 p. ISBN 978-0-19-927097-2.
- WACKS, Raymond. Philosophy of law : a very short introduction. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, xvi, 127. ISBN 9780192806918. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures with discussions
- Assessment methods
- Written test
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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