Learning objectives
This course is intended to provide instruments for both historical and theoretical knowledge of law’s institutional developments and conceptual transformations. Students are helped to master diverse critical perspectives in legal thought.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Historical and theoretical outline of legal philosophy. A further special section shall cover the extension of the rule of law beyond the state.
Main issues: Natural Law. Law and Morality. The concept of legal validity. Tradition and revolution in modern constitutionalism. The process of codification.
Legitimacy. Rights.
Hans Kelsen. Legal Realism. H. L. A. Hart. The current debate.
Full programme
This course shall provide a theoretical and historical frame for the main issues belonging in the Philosophy of Law, by illustrating and discussing the fundamental themes in their both cultural and scientific features. A special, additional part shall be devoted to the recent developments of extra-state legalities.
The summary will include at least the following entries: Natural Law. Law and Morality. The concept of Validity. Institutional traditions and modern Constitutions. Theories and steps of the codification process in continental Europe. LEgitimacy and Legality. Rights. Hans Kelsen normativism. Legal Realism. Legal Positivism in H.L.A Hart. The problems of the contemporary legal philosophical debates.The Rule of Law, Intenrational Law, and 'global law'. Teaching shall follow the treatment of the mentoned subjects as it is developed in G. PALOMBELLA, Filosofia del diritto, Padova, Cedam: pp. 13-88; 107-124; 141-182; 209-227; 247-264;
G. PALOMBELLA, È possibile una legalità globale? Il Rule of law e la governance del mondo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012 (cap. I, cap. II).
Bibliography
-Gianluigi Palombella, Filosofia del diritto, Padova, Cedam: pp. 13-88; 107-124; 141-182; 209-227; 247-264.
-Gianluigi Palombella, ll Rule of Law nel mondo globale (in pubbl. nel 2012) cap. I, cap. II, e un altro capitolo a scelta.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination
Other information
It is mandatory before any other courses in IUS/20.
