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one-way Exclusions
- Lectures
- A textbook, along with some readings posted onto OnQ.
Instructor: Christine Sypnowich
This course introduces students to some of the central concepts in the exciting and fascinating field of philosophy of law, or what lawyers call jurisprudence, a subject that straddles the disciplines of law and philosophy and that concerns both the principles and applications of legal ideals. At the heart of the philosophy of law is the question of how the rules of the coercive state might justly intervene in individual freedom.
We will consider writings from classic jurisprudence as well as contemporary debates, taken from the UK, the US and Canada. Possible topics include the relation between law and morality, the role of judges, freedom of expression, disobedience, and punishment. These topics will enable students to acquire a grasp of the central ideas and arguments of legal philosophy, as well as the skills to analyse and assess them.
The course structure will be lectures, with some opportunity for discussion in class.
Learning Outcomes
Assessments
Assessments
TBD, but some mixture of essays (in-class and submitted online), an online quiz and/or exam.