73091 - Philosophy of Law (2) (LM)

Academic Year 2014/2015

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Philosophical Sciences (cod. 8773)

Learning outcomes

Philosophy of law from a normative point of view. The concept of law, human rights, democracy are keywords of the course.

Course contents

Title: Democracy and tensions
The course deals with the different models of democracy. It focuses on the concept of law, the moral standards and the pathologies with which democracy has to confront itself at present time.  This second part of the course will focus on the contemporary debate on democracy from a theoretical and political  and sociological point of view.

Readings/Bibliography

> Zygmunt Bauman, In search of politics, 1999; 
> Ronald Dworkin, Justice for Hedgehogs, 2011;   
> A Handbook of History of contemporary philosophy of law: Prospettive di filosofia del diritto del nostro tempo, Giappichelli, Turin 2010, ch. 11-13, p. 245-388.

Teaching methods

Lectures and discussion.

Assessment methods

Oral exam.

Links to further information

http://Si consiglia di consultare regolarmente la pagina web "Contenuti utili" del Portale personale della docente.

Office hours

See the website of Marina Lalatta Costerbosa