PHILOSOPHY OF LAW:
Philosophy of Law
Chair of General Theory of Law and State
Philosophy of Law
Study: Civil Law - 9. semester
Commercial Law - 9. semester
Constitutional-Administrative - 9. semester
Criminal Law - 9. semester
International Law - 9. semester
The European Union Law - 9. semester
Code: 61334
ECTS: 4.0
Course coordinators: prof. dr. sc. Luka Burazin
Lecturers: izv. prof. dr. sc. Mario Krešić - Lectures
Exam dates:
  • 15. 04. 2024.
  • 10. 06. 2024.
  • 24. 06. 2024.
  • 08. 07. 2024.
  • 26. 08. 2024.
  • 09. 09. 2024.
Exam registration: Studomat
Basic data
Philosophy of Law Civil Law - 9. semester
Commercial Law - 9. semester
Constitutional-Administrative - 9. semester
Criminal Law - 9. semester
International Law - 9. semester
The European Union Law - 9. semester
4.0 61334
Lecturer in charge Consultations Location
prof. dr. sc. Luka Burazin

Mondays 9:00 am - 10:30 am, room 18, Gundulićeva 10 or, exceptionally, via GoogleMeet (meet.google.com/kwv-qxvn-iwu).

Gundulićeva 10, room 18
Lecturer Consultations Location
izv. prof. dr. sc. Mario Krešić (Lectures)

 

Wednesday at 10:00

 

 

Gundulićeva 10, room 20
Literature
REQUIRED: Andrei Marmor; Philosophy of Law; Princeton University Press (2011), str. 1.-172
RECOMMENDED: Brian H. Bix; A Dictionary of Legal Theory; Oxford University Press (2004), str. 1.-227
RECOMMENDED: Neil MacCormick; Institucije prava; Naklada Breza (2014), str. 1.-417
RECOMMENDED: IVR Encyclopaedia of Jurisprudence, Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law, http://ivr-enc.info/index.php?title=Main_Page; , str
RECOMMENDED: Lawrence Solum; Legal Theory Lexicon, http://lsolum.typepad.com/legal_theory_lexicon/; , str
RECOMMENDED: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, http://plato.stanford.edu/; , str
Description
The introductory part of the course provides students with the role and tasks of legal philosophy and looks into Hans Kelsen's attempt to present a "pure" theory of law and the reasons for its failure. The course goes on to analyse some of H.L.A. Hart's contributions to legal philosophy, especially his attempt to separate our understanding of law from the concept of sovereignty. The next topic of the course offers an analysis of the essential authoritative nature of law and attempts to reconcile it with Hart's conception of law as based on social rules. Thereafter, the course considers the contemporary versions of the substantive nondetachment view about the nature of law. It then presents the methodological variant of the nondetachment view. Finally, the course focuses on the role of language and interpretation in understanding the content of the law.
Exam dates
15. 04. 2024.
10. 06. 2024.
24. 06. 2024.
08. 07. 2024.
26. 08. 2024.
09. 09. 2024.