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| DROI1202-2 | Legal theories
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| Duration : | 45h Th, 15h Lect. |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Bachelor in Law, 2nd year | | Toute l'année | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 5 |
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| Master in European Studies, Professional focus, 2nd year | | Toute l'année | | 5 |
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| Master in Political Sciences : International Relations, Professional focus, 2nd year | | Toute l'année | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 5 |
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| Master in Political Sciences : General, Professional focus , 2nd year | | Toute l'année | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques et société, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 5 |
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| Master in Public Administration, Professional focus, 2nd year | | Toute l'année | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 5 |
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| Holder(s) : | Nicolas Thirion |
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| Language : | French language |
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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 |
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| Organization : | Course organised in the first and second semesters. |
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| Written notes : | A detailed table of contents will be available as from the beginning of the first semester.
A book will be available at the beginning of the second semester. |
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| Assessment : | Oral exam |
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| Contacts : | Economic Law and Legal Theory unit. |
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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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