Duration
24h Th
Number of credits
| Master in law (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Specialised master in philosophy and political theories | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The seminar for the year 2022-2023 is part of the "Law and Literature" perspective and is dedicated to the Italian writer Leonardo Sciascia.
Rather than examining a canonical work of political or legal thought, the aim of this year's seminar is to explore the possibility that texts other than those from legal dogmatics may shed light on certain recurrent questions of general legal theory.
The work of an Italian - more precisely Sicilian - writer will be the focus of attention. On several occasions, Sciascia, in his attempt to describe, sometimes through fiction and sometimes through essays, the excesses of his country, has tackled themes linked to the law: police investigations, political corruption, the weight of the mafia in the institutions, right-wing and left-wing terrorism in the 1960s and 1970s, etc.
Four books by Sciascia will form the corpus of this seminar: Le jour de la chouette, Le Contexte, Todo Modo and L'Affaire Moro. Each student will be asked to read one of these books.
Beforehand, during the first session (8 February 2022), an introductory lesson on the "Law and Literature" movement will be given and the division of work between students will be discussed.
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Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Study of the relations between some important works in the history of philosophy or in artistic disciplines and legal thought.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive seminar (students have to present some aspects of the works chosen for the seminar and participate to discussions around these works)
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Course organized during the second quadrimester
Recommended or required readings
Suggestions sent during the first quadrimester.
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Students will be assessed on the basis of an oral presentation within the framework of the course, the participation of the student to the discussions and, where applicable, a written piece of work written following this presentation.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Students will be required to read certain documents, which they will be informed of in due course, in order to prepare their oral presentation.
Contacts
Nicolas.Thirion@uliege.be