28109 - Philosophy of Law (1) (2nd cycle)

Learning outcomes

Students will be introduced to the critical study of the history of legal philosophy and to the main issues in the contemporary legal-philosophical debate.

Course contents

• Natural-law theory and legal positivism
• The normativist realism of the Uppsala School and of H.L.A. Hart
• The American Realism
• Relevant issues in contemporary debate

Readings/Bibliography

1) C. Faralli, Profili di storia della filosofia del diritto, Gedit, Bologna, 2006

(plus, for non-attending students, five chapters chosen from:

G. Fassò, Storia della filosofia del diritto, vol. I, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2001 or

G. Fassò, Storia della filosofia del diritto, vol. II, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2001 or

G. Fassò, Storia della filosofia del diritto, vol. III, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2001)

2) C. Faralli, La filosofia del diritto contemporanea, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2002.

3) Attending the seminar "Ethics and politics from a gender-studies perspective" or, alternatively, studying one text that students will agree with the professor.

4) Erasmus Mundus Master's Degree in Women's Law and Gender Studies' students studying one text chosen from that list:

R. BACCOLINI (ed.), Le prospettive di genere, BUP, Bologna 2005;

 

C. FARALLI - S. ZULLO (ed.), Questioni di fine vita. Riflessioni bioetiche al femminile, BUP, Bologna 2008;

 

C. FARALLI - C. CORTESI (ed.), Nuove Maternità. Riflessioni bioetiche al femminile, Diabasis, Reggio Emilia 2005.

Teaching methods

The course consists in lectures, the reading and comment of texts, and focus seminars.

The calendar for the seminar meetings, as well as any other information relative to the course, will be made available during class.

This course is valid for students of Erasmus Mundus Master's Degree in Women's and Gender Studies (GEMMA) for 6 credits (Women's and Law).

Classes will be held for five weeks on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, from  3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, starting November 2010, at the School of the Humanities (Lettere e Filosofia, on Via Zamboni no. 38 - Bologna), "Aula 1" - first floor.

Assessment methods

There will be an oral final exam.

Teaching tools

Reading and commenting of texts, as well as focus seminars.

All information about the course and any notice, as well as any supplementary material, will be made available online www.cirsfid.unibo.it/didattica/filosofiadeldiritto

Office hours

See the website of Carla Faralli