Human rights and Welfare Policies - Bachelor
Undergraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 10
- Teaching semesters
- Autumn
- Course code
- JUS2313
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Teaching language
- English
- Resources
- Schedule
- Reading list
Course description
Objectives and Content
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
By the end of the course, students are expected to have knowledge of
- human rights law and underpinning core values
- notions and significance of universality and relativity
- relationship between different rights
- state obligations, especially related to socio-economic human rights
- core content of rights and state obligations
- the duty of non-discrimination
- negative and positive aspects of rights and state obligations
- conflicting rights and duties in welfare law and policies.
Skills
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- explain the content of central human rights instruments and sources
- identify and apply relevant sources and arguments in human rights assessments of welfare law and policies
- identify conflicting rights and obligations in welfare law and policies, and to discuss how to balance them.
- cooperate with law students from other countries, and gain perspectives on common legal challenges from students from a legal background different than their own
- contribute with perspectives from their own country and legal background.
General Competence
After successful completion of the course, students should have general competence in
- human rights law and analysis, especially in the field of socio-economic human rights
- academic legal discourse
- critical thinking and legal assessments of domestic welfare law and policies
- presenting and evaluating legal analyses and points of view in English, both orally and in writing
ECTS Credits
Level of Study
Semester of Instruction
Place of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Recommended Previous Knowledge
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
Combined with JUS276-2-A Human Rights Law: Special Focus on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, JUS276-2-C Human Rights and Welfare Policies or JUS3513 Human Rights and Welfare Policies - Master this course will generate no new credits.
This course combines well with
JUS250-2-D Velferdsrett
Access to the Course
The course is available for the following students:
- Admitted to the five-year programme in law
- Exchange students at the Faculty of Law
The pre-requirements may still limit certain students' access to the course.
Teaching and learning methods
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
Compulsory attendance at lectures/seminars.
More specific information about the required attendance for each course will be made available in Mitt UiB.
Forms of Assessment
Four-hour digital school exam.
Information about digital examination.
Exam language
Exam question: English
Exam answer: English.
Grading Scale
Assessment Semester
Autumn
Students who do not pass the examination may re-sit in the following semester provided that the mandatory attendance has been approved and when the examination result is due to
- legitimate reason for non-attendance (see Section 3-4, paragraph 3 b ii in the Supplementary Regulations)
- failed result
For rules regarding voluntary re-sit, see Section 3-4, paragraph 1 c.
Reading List
Course Evaluation
Examination Support Material
Students may bring their own copy of a bilingual dictionary to/from English and any other language, in one or two volumes.
For further info see section 3-9 of the Supplementary Regulations for Studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen.
In addition: Course compendium supplied by the Faculty of Law.