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HDDR1330 - Seminar of theory of law
Credits :
4
Lecturer :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , second term, 15 hours of theory.
Language of instruction :
The course is taught in French.
Learning outcomes :
The aim of the course is to introduce the students to the approach of legal phenomena with the help of the tools that constitute the theory of law.
This implies first an understanding of the benefits that human and social sciences approaches can provide for those who are interested in legal phenomena. Secondly, it is a question of becoming aware of the strong link that the law sustains with the society in which it originates and the currents of thought that cross it. As a human and social phenomenon, the law cannot be thoroughly understood merely through the study of legal texts, doctrine and political documents conventionally accepted as allowing to shed some light on it.
Thirdly, the students should be familiarised with the concepts studied in class and proposed as analysis tools of some legal phenomena. Finally, the students will learn to comment on legal texts or texts related to the law, and to link them to the concepts mentioned above or to others, studied during personal readings or in other courses (such as those of natural law, history, sociology or psychology).
Prerequisites :
 For the Bachelor in Law (Evening Programme) :
Co-requisites :
None
Course contents :
A theme is proposed to the students, which will be developed through a specific theoretical written work. In parallel, shorter political, doctrinal or theoretical texts (human and social sciences) will be analysed collectively with the help of the tools developed in the theoretical part of the course.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lecture (2/3) and collective commentaries on texts (1/3).
Assessment methods and criteria :
The assessment will focus on the capability to produce, in writing, during a three hour examination, a critical commentary on two texts selected among four proposed. The evaluation assesses the use of theoretical tools provided in class or during other courses or readings, as well as the student's discerning mind, the quality of the argumentation and the originality of the analyses produced.
It is an open book examination: students can bring their notes, texts studied in class and any other work that appears useful. Computers and telephones are prohibited.
Recommended or required reading :
The reading file will be provided by the professor during the year.
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