JURISPRUDENCE - LEG254/B Spring 2024
Course
Jiri Kasny
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Here is the course outline:
1. Introduction
Jan 16
The nature of law and jurisprudence |
2. Natural Law Theories
Jan 23
Classical and modern theories |
3. Legal Positivism
Jan 30
Modern legal positivism |
4. Hart
Feb 6
A new concept of law |
5. Hart: The Rule of Recognition
Feb 13
The union of primary and secondary rules |
6. Hart and Fuller
Feb 20
Discussion and criticism |
7. Hans Kelsen
Feb 27
Pure Theory of Law |
8. Joseph Raz
Mar 5
The concept of authority |
9. Ronald Dworkin
Mar 12
Interpretive theory of law |
10. Liberalism
Mar 19
Liberalism, justice, and critical perspectives on law |
11. Karl Marx
Apr 2
Marx, marxism, and marxist legal theory and ideology |
12. Feminist Legal Theories
Apr 9
Case Study |
13. Case Study
Apr 16
Perspectives to the set case |
14. Case Study
Apr 23
Perspectives to the set case |