LW301-5-SP-CO:
Jurisprudence
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2016/17
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 5
Inactive
15
25 February 2014
Requisites for this module
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BA MVC5 Philosophy and Law,
BA VM51 Philosophy and Law (Including Year Abroad)
Jurisprudence is the theory or philosophy of law. Typical questions which form its subject matter are the following. What is the relationship between law, on the one hand, and morality and politics on the other? Is arriving at an answer to difficult legal problems a matter of deciding the best solution morally or politically; or is it possible for lawyers and judges to arrive at answers using specialized techniques which are morally and politically neutral? If judges are obliged to take into account moral or political consideration in order to decide hard cases, how can they do so without being biased?
In this 15 credit module, we will try to show how these questions arise in real cases and we will look at some of the most well-known answers that have been given to them. On completion of this module the students should be able to:
Appreciate the way in which legal issues raise general problems of intellectual interest.
Appreciate that the disciplines of moral and political theory can contribute to their understanding of the law, breaking down the often forbidding picture they have of these areas of study.
Appreciate more clearly the issues of policy and principle raised within the areas of substantive law that they study elsewhere in the module.
Understand how legal problems are sometimes instantiations of more general philosophical questions.
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Two hours of lectures per week
Fortnightly tutorials
Fortnightly seminars
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Tom Cornford
Jamie Seakens, Undergraduate Administrator, telephone: 01206 872529 email: jseakens@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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No lecture recording information available for this module.
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