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LAW-30082 - Module Specification
School of Law
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 07 July 2024

LAW-30082 - Jurisprudence
Coordinator: Yossi Nehushtan Tel: +44 1782 7 33862
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733218

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

LAW-10039 Legal Essentials

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

Jurisprudence is concerned with the question of what law is and how it differs, if it does, from other forms of regulation. Jurisprudence does not focus on specific legal rules but, rather, on law itself. Jurisprudence takes as its subject-matter all law and not just the law that is specific to one legal system. The notion of what jurisprudence has altered radically over the last few decades with scholars taking very different positions to each other. Material that is looked at in this course includes theories of justice, feminist legal theory, queer legal theory and anarchist legal theory. The course is taught in seminars. The module is assessed by an assignment.

Aims
To introduce students to classic theories of justice and morality and to contemporary critical theories of law and morality.
The module will encourage students to think critically about the law, to appreciate the relation between law and morality and to better understand the function of the law within various contexts.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/law-30082/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

analyze a range of different ways of looking at the nature of law: 1
critique how notions of justice and morality have changed over the last 150 years.: 1
independently research ideas relating to jurisprudence using both legal and non-legal materials.: 1
put forward structured arguments that critically assess the concepts that they have come across in their reading.: 1
critically evaluate arguments about the relationship that various notions of jurisprudence have both to other legal subjects and other disciplines to be found in the university.: 1

Study hours

Seminar attendance: 22 hours
Seminar preparation: 36 hours
Additional reading: 32 hours
Assignment preparation: 60 hours
Total = 150 hours
Total: 150 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Essay weighted 100%
Research essay with a word limit of 3,000 words (excluding footnotes)
A research assignment in which students are required to answer one question from a set of 4 questions, research material relevant to that topic, including material that has not been directly discussed in seminars, and provide an appropriately structured 3,000 word assignment.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 07 July 2024