DAL5LP01 Law and Policy

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Agha, Ph.D., LL.M.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This subject offers an inter-disciplinary approach to the studies of law in order to analyse how our understanding of the nature of the law is shaped by our particular disciplinary perspectives. Students will be challenged to think outside the box of their discipline (particularly the law) within the core modules and to develop their discursive skills in relation to other disciplines in social sciences. It examines the law as it cuts across themes central to other disciplines and examines how law permeates social, political, economic, and other institutions and discourses. Upon completion, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of disciplinary concepts, demonstrate an understanding of issues of diversity in the field, think critically about issues in the discipline, and demonstrate effective reasoning skills in certain areas of politics and sociology, ethics and philosophical jurisprudence, as well as economics and political economy. The course develops theory-driven answers to questions of law, society and public policy.
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing course, student is able to: - understand and think critically about the intersections between law and politics and international relations; - apply their knowledge and understanding of law and other disciplines of social sciences in real situations; - unpack complex arguments in this area and to integrate source material from a variety of disciplinary areas to reach reasoned judicial decisions
Syllabus
  • 1. Politics of European Governance 2. Critical Theory on Globalisation 3. Law and Contemporary Society 4. Socio-Legal Theory 5. Human Rights, Laws and Social Protest 6. Social Justice, Law and Society 7. Media and Culture 8. Populism and Globalism
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Benhabib, Seyla: The Rights of Others. Aliens, Residents and Citizens. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2004.
  • U Beck, What is Globalization? (Cambridge: Polity Press 2000)
  • Dworkin, Ronald: Law’s Empire. Belknap Press, Cambridge (Mass.) 1986.
  • Fraser, Nancy: Scales of Justice. Reimagining Political Space in a Globalizing World. Columbia University Press, New York 2009.
  • Petra Dobner & Martin Loughlin (eds): The Twilight Of Constitutionalism? Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York 2010
  • R Cotterell, Law, Culture and Society. Legal Ideas in the Mirror of Social Theory (Hampshire: Ashgate 2007)
  • Arendt, Hannah: The Human Condition. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1958
  • R Domingo, The New Global Law (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2011)
  • W Twining, General Jurisprudence—Understanding Law from a Global Perspective (Cambridge, Cambridge University
  • J Osterhammel and NP Petersson, Globalization: A Short History (Princeton, Princeton University Press 2009)
  • S Sassen, Teritory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages (Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 2nd ed 2008)
  • RM Unger, Free Trade Reimagined: The World Division of Labor and the Method of Economics (Princeton, Princeton University Press 2010)
  • Bruno Latour & Peter Weibel (eds): Making Things Public. Atmospheres of Democracy. The MIT Press, Cambridge (Mass.) 2005
  • M Loughlin, Sword and Scales An Examination of the Relationship between Law and Politics (Hart Publishing 2000)
Teaching methods
class discussion, model cases, research review, reading
Assessment methods
Informed and detailed in-depth discussion of main themes and ideas of the program related to dissertation thesis.
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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