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| DROI1202-2 | Legal theories
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| Duration : | 45h Th, 15h Lect. |
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| Number of credits : |
| Bachelor in Law, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Political Sciences, 3rd year | | 5 |
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| Master en droit, à finalité spécialisée en droit et gestion, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Classics, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Classics, 3rd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Information and Communication, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures, German, Dutch and English, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in History of Art and Archeology, General, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in History, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in modern languages and literatures, general orientation, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in History of Art and Archeology, Musicology, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies, 3rd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in philosophy, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Lecturer : | Nicolas Thirion |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long |
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Course contents :
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| 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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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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 and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| 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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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| "Ex cathedra" course |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face course organised in the first and second quadrimesters |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Nicolas THIRION, Théories du droit. Droit, pouvoir, savoir, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2011
Compulsory reading: L. FRANCOIS, Le cap des Tempêtes. Essai de microscopie du droit, 2nd ed., Bruxelles-Paris, Bruylant-LGDJ, 2012 |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral exam |
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Economic Law and Legal Theory unit. |
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