Course: Optional course - Philosophy of Law - classic readings ?

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Course title Optional course - Philosophy of Law - classic readings ?
Course code KPF/N208
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šmíd Jan, PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1.-3. Hobbes, Th., Leviathan, Chapt. 13-15, 17 4.-6. Locke, J., Second treatise on civil government, Chapt. 1-2, 5, 7, 19 7.-9. Kant, I.: Introduction in the theory of law; Perpetual Peace, Firts definitive paragraph 10.-14. Hegel, G.W.F.: Elements of the Philosophy of Right, §§ 34-40.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course will concentrated on texts in the philosophy of law, that track the genealogy of human rights theory. Readings is complemented by a lecture on philosophy of law: Human Rights (Course KSV/0620).
Students will learn to work with primary and secondary literature in the field of philosophy of law with respect to the theory of human rights in the course.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
An interest in philosophy of law and human rights theory. Ability to work with primary and secondary literature. Active attendance (attendance will be checked).
Recommended literature
  • Akvinský Tomáš. Tomáš Akvinský o zákonech v Teologické sumě / [z latiny přeložil, poznámkami a úvodem opatřil Karel Šprunk]. Praha, 2003. ISBN 80-85929-59-7.
  • Hart Herbert L. A. Právo, sloboda a morálka. Bratislava, 2003. ISBN 80-7149-596-4.
  • Machalová Tatiana, Mrázková Renata. Vybrané texty z filosofie práva. Brno, 2002. ISBN 80-210-2401-1.
  • Sobek Tomáš. Právní myšlení: kritika moralismu. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-87439-03-6.
  • Sousedík Stanislav. Svoboda a lidská práva : jejich přirozenoprávní základ. Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7429-036-.
  • Wasserstrom Richard A. Morality and the Law. Belmont, California, 1971. ISBN 0-534-00167-X.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Political Philosophy (A14) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Teaching Social Sciences for Middle School (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -