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Spring 2018 | PHIL 5415 Section 001: Philosophy of Law (50474)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
LAW 6615 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed,
Fri 01:25PM - 02:20PM
UMTC, West Bank
Walter F. Mondale Hall 7
UMTC, West Bank
Walter F. Mondale Hall 7
- Enrollment Status:
Open (6 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Analytical accounts of law and legal obligation. prereq: 1003 or 1004 or 3302 or social science major or instr consent
- Class Description:
- This course will be a general survey course of American legal movements and conceptions of the law. The course will examine foundational legal questions: What is law, why are we obligated to follow laws, and when if ever, are we not? What is the Rule of Law? When if ever can we condemn a law as unjust and, if so, must we obey it? We will also examine how different legal movements have attempted to answer these questions from the beginnings of "legal science" and formalism; to the Legal Realists and the responses to them; to the more recent movement to unite law with moral philosophy; to Critical Legal Studies; and responses to the Critical Studies movement. We will compare and contrast these movements with basic conceptions of the law-positivism and natural rights.
- Grading:
- 50% term paper, 50% final exam
- Exam Format:
- in-class exam, essay questions
- Class Format:
- lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- about 30 pages of reading per class
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50474/1183
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bixxx002_PHIL5415_Spring2017.pdf (Spring 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2016
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