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030457 VO Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law: Current Challenges (2024W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Moodle
Mo 20.01. 11:30-13:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1

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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 19.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 25.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 26.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 02.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 03.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 09.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 10.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 16.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 17.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 07.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 13.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 14.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1

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Aims, contents and method of the course

This lecture class explores three contemporary predicaments. The first is the unresolved crisis of legal thought. The intellectual merits of traditional legal scholarship have been seriously cast into doubt at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century. From this challenge, “legal science” has never intellectually recovered. What has happened, instead, is that the enduring crisis has been held latent by forces of commodification and disciplinary control. The second predicament is the odyssey of legitimacy. The authority underpinning law is no longer vested in the democratically elected legislature, but increasingly migrating into contexts of administrative problem-solving, judicial review and private dispute settlement. This is to be observed, in particular, in transna-tional contexts. Third, Western societies are currently going through a remarkable reevaluation of their foundational values. While the commitment to social equality becomes recast as the reiteration to include the “excluded”, social freedom is transmuted into a project of self-creation that regards everyone free to choose their own “unconditional” identity (e.g., gender or religion). Finally, the privileged condition of being human (“dignity”) is cast into doubt by intellectual currents such as post- and transhumanism.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students registered for 997 "MA International Law" graduate with the written module exam. All others finish with the written lecture exam. Duration of the lecture exam: 45 Min.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The style of instruction is interactive. It is supposed to enhance also the students’ proficiency in English.

Examination topics

Reflect the reading materials of this class.

Reading list

Readings
Course materials will be available for download from moodle

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