University of Surrey - Jurisprudence: Introduction to the Philosophy of Law
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Jurisprudence: Introduction to the Philosophy of Law at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 5 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Jurisprudence: Introduction to the Philosophy of Law at FutureLearn Highlights
- Earn a certificate of completion from University of Surrey
Jurisprudence: Introduction to the Philosophy of Law at FutureLearn Course details
- On this course, you'll explore the theory and nature of law from a philosophical perspective
- You'll be introduced to theories around how the law operates, its relation to economic incentives, and questions about the law's treatment of contemporary social issues
- Professionals who must develop arguments for clients can apply jurisprudential thinking when they find themselves representing clients whose issues are legally uncertain
- This course will develop your understanding of how to use the philosophy of law to support the formation of legal arguments when the law runs out
- This course is created and led by academics with extensive experience teaching and writing on jurisprudence from the renowned Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy (SCLP)
Jurisprudence: Introduction to the Philosophy of Law at FutureLearn Curriculum
An unjust law is no law at all?
Getting started
Introduction to Week 1
Introduction to strong and weak natural law
Classic legal positivism
Modern legal positivism
Reviewing the theories
Guilty mind: neuroscience and responsibility
Introduction to Week 2
Neuroscientific evidence and philosophical issues of mind and brain
Law and insanity
Murder and sleepwalking
Addiction and responsibility
Child killers
Review of Week 2
Why should I be responsible for my inadvertent actions?
Introduction to Week 3
The puzzle of inadvertent actions
The moral and legal responses to responsibility for inadvertent actions
Week 3 review
Law and economics
Introduction to Week 4
Exploring normative reasoning
Two types of normative reasoning
Consequentialist reasoning and the law
Contract law: which promises should be contracts?
Week 4 review
Law and contemporary social issues
Introduction to Week 5
Consent and law and morality
The problem(s) of sexual harassment
Course review
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