Glories and shadows of law and legal research 1600-SZD-ID-BCP
The course is of an interdisciplinary nature and is addressed to all doctoral students of the school. The classes are designed to familiarize the participants with major challenges faced by the legal studies from the methodological, conceptual, and legal functional perspectives. Special emphasis will be placed on the positive and negative effects of law on social life. The conversational form of the classes will allow class participants to present their own perspectives, taking into account approaches specific to the areas in which they specialize. Ultimately, participation in the classes is expected to result not only in learning and understanding the positions of legal scholars (presenting an "internal" perspective), but also in a critical analysis of these positions from the position of other areas of science (i.e., from an "external" perspective). Due to the nature of the subject, participation in the class does not require legal knowledge. The classes will take the form of discussions, the starting point of which will be the source texts provided in advance. They will begin with an introduction to the topic by the instructor. Among the issues covered in the class will be: 1. Methods used in legal studies - similarities and differences with methods used in other sciences. 2. Nature of the relationship of law with other sciences. The meaning of "autonomy of law". 3. Disputes over the concept of law and their consequences. 4. Views on the validity of the law - divergent criteria and positions and their implications. 5. Significance of the main functions of law: organizational, controlling, distributive, protective. Forms and consequences of the law's failure to perform these functions. 6. Limits of legal regulation: internal (i.e., resulting from the fact that the law itself excludes the possibility of regulating certain phenomena) and external (i.e., involving the limited causal power of legal regulations on reality).
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands:
WG_02 - the main development trends in the disciplines of the social sciences in which the education is provided
Skills | The graduate is able to:
UW_01 – make use of knowledge from various fields of science, in particular the social sciences in order to creatively identify, formulate and innovatively solve complex problems or perform tasks of a research nature, and in particular to: define the purpose and object of scientific research in the field of the social sciences, formulate a research hypothesis; develop research methods, techniques and tools and apply them creatively; make inferences based on scientific findings
UK_04 - participating in scientific discourse in the field of the social sciences
Social competences | The graduate is ready to
KK_01 - critically evaluating achievements within a given scientific discipline in the field of the social sciences
And others: KK_3 - recognise the importance of science in solving cognitive and practical problems
Assessment criteria
Description of requirements related to participation in classes, including the
permitted number of explained absences: one absence allowed, no specific requirements regarding the participation in classes.
Principles for passing the classes and the subject (including resit session): requirement for passing the course is: attendance, preparation for classes, activity in discussions. Reassessmnet in the form of a short written work on the topic agreed with the lecturer.
Methods for the verification of learning outcomes: active participation in discussions. In the case of low activity caused by a lack of familiarity with the source material, a written assessment will be carried out to check the knowledge of the issues discussed.
Evaluation criteria: attendance, involvement in discussions.
Practical placement
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