PHILOSOPHY OF LAW

Degree course: 
Corso di Long single cycle degree (5 years) in Law - Varese
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2022/2023
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2022/2023
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Language: 
Italian
Credits: 
9
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
55
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (55 hours)
Requirements: 

Good knowledge of the Italian language; basic historical-philosophical notions.

Final Examination: 
Orale

For attending and non-attending students: oral test

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The course aims at providing linguistic, conceptual, and analytical tools to examine the complexity of the legal domain. In particular, it offers the precious chance to develop a critical approach to different spheres of normativity, focusing on the current challenges of the constitutional rule of law on a domestic and supranational scale.

In the first part, the course will deal with some key issues of Legal Philosophy. In particular, close attention will be paid to the concept of norm, legal system, and to some fundamental legal categories. The relationship between law and morals will be scrutinized too in order to grasp the inner complexity of the legal domain.

In the second part, students will be asked to think about some pressing issues of the current debate, such as the protection of human rights and warfare.

First part
- Philosophical perspectives on law
- The analytical-linguistic approach to law
- The concept of norm
- The concept of legal system
- Fundamental legal concepts
- The relationship between law and morals

Second part
- State sovereignty and the protection of human rights
- The problem of peace and warfare

Convenzionale

Active participation of students during the lectures.

In class discussion on specific issues.

E-learning platform.

Textbooks

For attending students:
1. H. Kelsen, Lineamenti di dottrina pura del diritto, Torino: Einaudi, 2000;
2. N. Bobbio, Il problema della guerra e le vie della pace, Bologna: il Mulino, 2009.

For non-attending students:
1. N. Bobbio, Teoria generale del diritto, Torino: Giappichelli, 1993;
2. C. Nino, Introduzione all’analisi del diritto, Torino: Giappichelli, 1996 (ch. 1, 2, 4, 5).

Professors