Legal Philosophy - Master
Masteremne
- Studiepoeng
- 10
- Undervisningssemester
- Vår
- Emnekode
- JUS3512
- Talet på semester
- 1
- Undervisningsspråk
- English
- Ressursar
- Timeplan
- Litteraturliste
Emnebeskrivelse
Mål og innhald
Læringsutbyte
Knowledge
After successful completion of this course, students will have:
- advanced knowledge of key debates in legal philosophy generally, and specialized insight into debate about the rule of law
- thorough knowledge about critical perspectives on law, about debates about the role of precedents in and about reason-giving for legal argumentation.
- Knowledge about debate about the methodology of legal philosophy.
Skills and general competence
Students will also have developed certain skills and general competence, including:
- the ability to analyse, distinguish clearly and discuss critically central positions in and texts about legal philosophy, and to use such sources to present arguments in the course
- compare and evaluate differences between central positions and texts in international discourse of legal philosophy
- identify, discuss and state thoroughly substantiate opinions about the character and role of legal argumentation in a modern democratic society based on the rule of law.
- the ability to apply their knowledge and skills when thinking about new problems in legal philosophy
- use such competence and skills both orally and in writing
- refer correctly in writing.
Studiepoeng, omfang
Studienivå (studiesyklus)
Undervisningssemester
Undervisningsstad
Krav til forkunnskapar
Tilrådde forkunnskapar
Studiepoengsreduksjon
Combined with Legal Philosophy JUS273-2-A or JUS2312 Legal Philosophy this course will generate no new credits.
The course combines well with any of the elective courses offered at the Faculty of Law, but in particular with:
Krav til studierett
The course is available for students:
- admitted to the five-year master programme in law
- admitted to the two-year master programme in law
- admitted to the Master of Laws (LLM) in EU and EEA Law
- granted admission to elective courses at the Faculty of Law
- granted additional right to study following completed Master in Law degree at UiB
- exchange students at the Faculty of Law
The pre-requirements may still limit certain students' access to the course
Arbeids- og undervisningsformer
Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet
Participation in both master classes.
A student presentation as part of a master class.
Mandatory paper of maximum 2000 words (excluding footnotes), of a topic announced during the course. The paper will be awarded a pass/no pass. No grade will be given. Students who have failed the paper will be given an opportunity to write a new paper prior to the exam.
Vurderingsformer
Karakterskala
Vurderingssemester
Litteraturliste
Emneevaluering
Hjelpemiddel til eksamen
Hjelpemidler til eksamen
Support materials allowed during school exam
See section 3-5 of the Supplementary Regulations for Studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen.
Special regulations about dictionaries
- According to the Regulations for Studies, one dictionary is permitted support material during the examination. Bilingual dictionaries containing for example both Norwegian-English and English-Norwegian are considered as one dictionary.
- Bilingual dictionaries to/from the same two languages - for example Norwegian-English/English-Norwegian - in two different volumes are also considered as one dictionary (irrespective of publisher or edition).
- Dictionaries as described above cannot be combined with any other types of dictionaries.
- Any kind of combination which makes up more than two physical volumes is forbidden.
- In case a student has a special need for any other combination than the above mentioned, such combination has to be clarified with/approved by the course coordinator minimum two weeks before the exam. Students who have not been granted permission to have a special combination minimum two weeks before the exam will be subject to the usual regulations (Section 3-5) about examination support materials.