Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the students with the knowledge of legal philosophy from the beginning of the modern age to the present, making the students aware of the progress of legal thought in its relationship with historical transformations.
Prerequisites
To pass any IUS 20 exam, students must have passed Philosophy of law.
Course unit content
<p> Natural law theory from the beginning to the present; Law between history and reason; The age of Codification; Legal positivism and general theory of law and State; Normativism, Decisionism, Institutionalism; Common law and analytical jurisprudence; Legal realism; Problem of legal validity; Legal hermeneutics and legal reasoning; New constitutionalism; Sociology of Law and systemic functionalism; New institutionalism; Code of professional deontology. These topics will addressed from different theoretical perspectives, focusing on philosophers such as Grotius, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Kant, Bentham, Austin, Hegel, von Savigny, Jellinek, Weber, Kelsen, Schmitt, Ross, Fuller, Hart, Dworkin, Alexy, Finnis, Luhmann, Habermas.</p>
Full programme
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Bibliography
Attending students: <br />
M. BARBERIS, Breve storia della filosofia del diritto, Il Mulino, Bologna 2004, pp. 1-194, and F. D’AGOSTINO, Parole di giustizia, Giappichelli, Torino 2006, pp. 1-90. <br />
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Non attending students: <br />
Filosofia del diritto. Concetti fondamentali, a cura d U. POMARICI, Giappichelli, Torino 2007 <br />
pp. 1-55, 73-226, 261-305, 349-409, 521-547. <br />
Teaching methods
Oral lesson and oral exam
Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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