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Bachelor 2019/2020

Philosophy of Law

Type: Elective course (Philosophy)
Area of studies: Philosophy
Delivered by: School of Philosophy
When: 3 year, 4 module
Mode of studies: offline
Instructors: Andrew Haas
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 40

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course examines the history of the philosophy of law/right through a close reading of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right. We seek to connect questions of individual freedom and equality to the family, civil society, the state, and fundamentally, the world. Thus, we attempt to place Hegel in context by referring back to the Greeks and Kant, and forward to contemporary debates (with regard to thinkers such as Habermas, Derrida, Agamben).
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Students will learn how to: do philosophical research; from this research (reading, thinking), come to establish evidence; from evidence, or its absence, make inferences; test the validity of inferences, come to philosophical intuitions; take those intuitions and develop a thesis; consider the thesis’ validity, and use evidence and reason to construct arguments; test the arguments to determine how convincing they are, and challenge the arguments of others by employing critical analysis
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Students will learn how to: do philosophical research; from this research (reading, thinking), come to establish evidence; from evidence, or its absence, make inferences; test the validity of inferences, come to philosophical intuitions; take those intuitions and develop a thesis; consider the thesis’ validity, and use evidence and reason to construct arguments; test the arguments to determine how convincing they are, and challenge the arguments of others by employing critical analysis.
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Philosophy of Law before Hegel
    Review of major philosophical contributions to the philosophy of right before Hegel
  • Hegel's Philosophy of Right
    On Hegel's Philosophy of Right
  • Philosophy of Law after Hegel
    Consideration of Post-Hegelian philosophy of law/right
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Class participation and/or presentation
  • non-blocking Final thesis essay
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • Interim assessment (4 module)
    0.5 * Class participation and/or presentation + 0.5 * Final thesis essay
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Hegel, G. W. F., & Dyde, S. W. (2012). Philosophy of Right. New York: Dover Publications. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1154474
  • Hegel, G. W. F., & Houlgate, S. (2008). Outlines of the Philosophy of Right. Oxford [UK]: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=271142
  • Honneth, A., & Ganahl, J. (2014). Freedom’s Right : The Social Foundations of Democratic Life. New York: Columbia University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=781038
  • James, D. (2017). Hegel’s Elements of the Philosophy of Right : A Critical Guide. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1450840
  • Kazantzakis, N., & Makridis, O. (2006). Friedrich Nietzsche on the Philosophy of Right and the State. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=158803
  • Rose, D. (2007). Hegel’s ’Philosophy of Right’ : A Reader’s Guide. London: Continuum. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=368536
  • Suarez Müller, F. (2018). Kant & the Commons: Understanding Anthropocentrism in Kant’s Philosophy of Right. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.5A5314C5
  • Tebbit, M. (2017). Philosophy of Law : An Introduction (Vol. Third edition). Abingdon, Oxon [UK]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=1456261
  • Гегель Г. ; Пер. Столпнер Б. Г. - ФИЛОСОФИЯ ПРАВА - М.:Издательство Юрайт - 2019 - 292с. - ISBN: 978-5-534-06348-6 - Текст электронный // ЭБС ЮРАЙТ - URL: https://urait.ru/book/filosofiya-prava-411565
  • Платон - Законы - Русайнс - 2015 - 323с. - ISBN: 978-5-4365-0436-0 - Текст электронный // ЭБС BOOKRU - URL: https://book.ru/book/917396

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Brooks, T. (2011). Hegel’s Philosophy of Right. Chicester: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=411864
  • James, D. (2007). Hegel’s Philosophy of Right : Subjectivity and Ethical Life. London: Continuum. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=377450
  • Kain, P. J. (2018). Hegel and Right : A Study of the Philosophy of Right. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1854779
  • Knowles, D. (2002). Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hegel and the Philosophy of Right. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=97299