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The course provides an opportunity to conduct in-depth analyses of fundamental philosophical issues in international law,by placing them in their historical and socio-political context. The course does not set out to offer an exhaustive overviewof the subject, but rather to examine certain aspects of the philosophy of international law in detail. A basic knowledge ofthe main areas of public international law is desirable.The course will be divided into two parts, each comprising both history and philosophy. The first part will be devoted to anexamination of statehood and sovereignty, while the second will cover legal and political theories of war and peace.Statehood, Sovereignty and the Foundations of the International Order:Historical origins of the stateRepublicanism: Bodin, Machiavelli and RepublicanismGrotius and HobbesPufendorf, Wolff, VattelHegel and the HegeliansXX Century Debates on Sovereignty and the State Contemporary debates on sovereigntyThe state and sovereignty in the XX centuryTheories of War and Peace:Peace treaties and international law in European historyVitoria and SuarezGrotius and HobbesRousseau and KantModern theories of war and peace IModern theories of war and peace IIInternational law and the abolition of war in the XX centuryREADINGThere is no set textbook for this course, but the following books will be used frequently:Besson and Tasioulas (eds), The Philosophy of International Law (2010)Boucher, Political Theories of International Relations (1998)Crawford and Koskenniemmi (eds), Cambridge Companion to International Law (2011)Reichberg, Syse, and Begby (eds), The Ethics of War (2006)Tuck, The Rights of War and Peace (2000)PAPER 30. JURISPRUDENCEThis course addresses some of the central problems in the philosophy of law: questions such as the nature of law, thenature of justice, and the relationship between justice, legality and conceptions of human nature and human well-being.The following is an indication of some of the topics covered:1. The Aristotelian tradition of political thought, and early-modern departures from Aristotle: Hobbes and Grotius.2. Classical legal positivism: Hobbes and Bentham.3. Classical common law theories.102
4. Modern analytical legal positivism: Hart.5. Critics of legal positivism: Dworkin, Fuller.6. Modern theories of justice: Rawls.7. Liberalism and public morality: Rawls, Devlin, Hart.8. The natural law tradition: Aquinas and Finnis.Twentieth century debates will be addressed within the context of the broader traditions of philosophical thoughtconcerning law and justice. Continuities and discontinuities between the historic tradition and the modern debates will beacknowledged. The possibility that modern versions of the philosophical debate are to some extent impoverished ormisconceived will be considered.The course is suitable both for those who have already studied jurisprudence or philosophy of law, and for those with noprevious knowledge of the subject.READINGReading will be prescribed for each class, but the more important texts to be studied (in whole or in part) will be:Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica, Treatise on law: I-II qq90-108; Treatise on justice: II-II qq57-62Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and LegislationDworkin, Law’s EmpireFinnis, Natural Law and Natural RightsHart, The Concept of LawHart, Law, Liberty and MoralityHobbes, LeviathanRawls, A Theory of JusticePAPER 31. TOPICS IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORYThis course explores five major topics in legal and political philosophy that are not covered by the LLM Jurisprudencecourse. Though the two courses nicely complement each other, each can be studied perfectly well in isolation from theother.1. Freedom(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)What is freedom? What are the different varieties of freedom?Is the republican conception of freedom genuinely different from the negative conception?Is freedom a measurable property? If so, how can it be measured?Is the concept of freedom bivalent or trivalent?How do the workings of legal systems affect people’s freedom?Is freedom, as a political ideal, integrally connected to the rule of law?Is the value of freedom dependent on the value of justice?2. Rights(i)(ii)(iii)In what does a legal right consist?How do rights differ from other legal positions such as liberties and powers?How do we identify the holders of legal rights?103
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Hedley, Tort (6th ed 2008)Weir, An
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