LAW3232 : Legal Theory (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Professor Richard Mullender
- Lecturer: Dr Joshua Jowitt, Dr Emilia Mickiewicz
- Owning School: Newcastle Law School
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To provide an understanding of the leading schools of legal theory, and to appreciate their understanding within wider intellectual movements. To develop the particular theoretical, critical and interdisciplinary skills which are appropriate to legal study.
Outline Of Syllabus
1. Classical Jurisprudence: Natural Law, Legal Positivism and American Realism
2. Deconstruction and Rhetoric
3. Hegelian political philosophy
4. Gewirthian Secular Natural Law
5. Sovereignty, Authority, and Power
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 30 | 1:00 | 30:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 3 | 1:00 | 3:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 2 | 1:30 | 3:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 164 | 1:00 | 164:00 | N/A |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Lectures to impart a detailed body of knowledge and to model analytical and critical skills.
Seminars to build analytic, critical, and argumentative capacities
Workshops to build capacity on the research and writing skills relevant to the delivery and valuable academic contributions in the field of legal theory.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 2 | M | 50 | 2500 words |
| Essay | 2 | M | 50 | 2500 words |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The assessment format affords students the opportunity to (i) apply and refine their research-related, analytic, critical, and argumentative skills by preparing essays that afford them the opportunity to (ii) deliver richly informed and distinctive contributions on topics that are inherently controversial.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- LAW3232's Timetable