JURISPRUDENCE
LAW3JUR
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Jurisprudence, the philosophy of law, critically examines fundamental legal theories, concepts and ideas. It explores how we understand legal rhetoric, how rhetoric shapes the operation of law and how thinking critically can play a key role in improving what law can be. In this subject, students will enhance and consolidate skills in critical thinking, legal research and academic writing. Students will examine a range of jurisprudential topics, including classical common law theory, natural law and positivism, critical legal studies and socio-legal research, feminist and queer legal theories, critical race theory and poststructuralism.
School: La Trobe Law School (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Marc Trabsky
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
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Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: LAW1LIM
Co-requisites: N/A
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Learning resources
Understanding Jurisprudence
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Raymond Wacks
Year: 2015
Edition/Volume: 4th ed
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
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