Jurisprudence
1300-OG-JUP-FS
This class will focus on the failure of current legal regimes to address climate change, and considers how climate governance would look under the Earth Jurisprudence approach: setting our laws within the context of fundamental principles of ecology and planetary boundaries. Consideration is given to how existing legal concepts could be used to achieve this vision. During the class participants will participate in the process to reframe climate governance according to the Earth Jurisprudence approach by changing the underlying principles and place of governance; expanding our conception of rights to cover natural systems; re-localizing governance; and lessening our reliance on markets, instead using the law to respect, rather than commodify, nature.
Total student workload
Number or hours with the lecturer:
- participation in the lectures - 30 hours
Individual time required for self study:
- Preparation for the test and classes – 70 hours
In total: 100 hours (4 ECTS)
Learning outcomes - knowledge
W1. Student gains knowledge about the leading issues of jurisprudence: Student knows about major issues involved in the field of jurisprudence and is able to sort out and compare different themes according to existence of reciprocal links between them.
W2. Student reads representative texts that touch on main problems concerning jurisprudence.
Student becomes familiar with concepts supporting analysis of the main jurisprudence issues, he/she can assign them to specific authors and point out to philosophers dealing with particular subjects.
W3. Student is aware of the importance and significance – for science and society – of reflection on issues concerning jurisprudence:
Student is able to identify the relationship between the issues of epistemology and scientific and social problems. Student is able to assess the degree of interrelation between the theoretical and the practical aspects of discussed problems.
Learning outcomes - skills
U1. Student gains skills in analyzing scientific text and undertaking discussion on above-mentioned topics.
Student explores and analyzes scientific texts in the light of particular problems, he/she can present them and be critical about them.
U2. Student gains skills in the efficient use of specialized terminology and presenting workable hypotheses within above-mentioned topics.
Student can present the arguments from selected texts and independently problematize selected issues in jurisprudence.
Learning outcomes - social competencies
K1. Student gains skills in examining scientific problems and be critical about them.
K2. Student gains skills in reproducing the arguments of the selected texts and self problematizing selected issues of contemporary discourse of jurisprudence.
K3. Student gains skills in indicating relationships between the issues of epistemology and scientific and social problems. Understanding their mutual influence and shaping ability to assess the degree of theoretical and practical problems.
Teaching methods
Lecture and conversation with students:
2024-05-14 13:00 : 17:00
2024-05-17 13:00 : 17:00
2024-05-24 13:00 : 17:00
2024-06-07 13:00 : 17:00
2024-06-14 11:00 : 17:00
Prerequisites
Good knowledge of English
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Written essay and active participation in the class
Criteria:
0-59% failed
60%-69% - sufficient
70%-85% - good
86%- 100% - very good
Practical placement
Additional information
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