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PHL 4240 Philosophy of Law
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
PHL 1000 (Minimum Grade of D, May not be taken concurrently)
PHL 2010 (Minimum Grade of D, May not be taken concurrently)


This course introduces the student to one of the central questions in analytic jurisprudence: what is law? How is law distinct from and/or related to morality? What makes a set of rules or commands a legal system instead of some other kind of system? The three main answers to this question have been the natural law theory, legal positivism, and the `third theory' of law proposed by Ronald Dworkin. The course will also focus on the related question in legal philosophy regarding the objectivity and distinctiveness of legal reasoning; in this context, we will consider the American Legal Realists, the Critical Legal Studies movement, and feminist jurisprudence. The material for this course is highly abstract and theoretical. Note: This course fulfills Objective 4c of the University Core Curriculum.
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