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| DROI1202-2 | Law theories
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| Duration : | 45h Th, 15h Mon. Read. |
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| Holder(s) : | Nicolas Thirion |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | The aim of teaching the theory of law is to form an approach to legal matters based on a collection of concepts and constructions taken from the rich and diverse work of one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century: Michel Foucault. Of course, it is not simply a matter of limiting ourselves to the works of the latter, but to take inspiration from them in order to construct the general framework of an original reflection on law. In the first part, students will be required to synthesize Foucault's store of knowledge in order to use it in the second part - quantitatively the largest part - with regard to the specific object of the course: legal matters. This part aims to apply the hypotheses presented in the first part, by disassociating the law as power, on the one hand, and the law as knowledge, on the other hand. |
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| Course objective : | To encourage students to have an objective view the field of law while avoiding the pitfalls and pretences that the law, as an instrument of power and knowledge, uses for the needs of its supposed efficiency. |
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| Prerequisites : | Students must have successfully completed the course in "History of the Philosophy and Theories of Natural Law" in the first year of their bachelor's degree (law), or the course in "History of Philosophy and Political Thought" in the second year of their bachelor's degree (political sciences). |
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| Organization : | Course organised in the first and second semesters. |
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| Written notes : | A detailed table of contents and provisional notes relating to the general introduction and the first part of the course will be available as from the beginning of the first semester.
Partial notes relating to the second part of the course will be available at the beginning of the second semester. |
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| Assessment : | Oral exam |
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| Contacts : | The commercial law and theory of law department. |
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| Remarks : | Compulsory reading: L. FRANCOIS, Le Cap des Tempêtes. Essai de microscopie du droit, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2001. |
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