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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Jurisprudence II
Module Code	LG349
School	School of Law & Government
Online Module Resources
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Eoin Daly Semester 2: Eoin Daly Autumn: Eoin Daly
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

Jurisprudence II builds upon the study of legal theory undertaken in Jurisprudence I. It builds upon and moves beyond the familiar theories of legal positivism and natural law, and embraces such challenging theoretical issues such as the relationship of law to state power, and the conceptual separation of law and politics. It aims to look at theories of law in the broad social, political and economic context.

Learning Outcomes

1. Express some of the main preoccupations of jurisprudential writers in the Critical, Marxist, Realist and Postmodernist fields in particular ;
2. To identify, understand and discuss some of the main texts,
3. To relate these works to the historical and social contexts in which they were produced and to relate these to students’ own understanding of legal theory, thus enabling them to articulate their own theories about the nature and function of law.
4. To move beyond analytical and conceptual studies of the meaning and operation of legal rules and focus instead on theories addressing the relationship of law to state power as well as culture and identity.

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	24	No Description
Independent learning	56	No Description
Assignment	45	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative Syllabus.
1. Critical Legal Studies2. Postmodern Legal Theories3. Marxist Legal Theory4. The conflict between legal formalist and legal realism5. Sociological jurisprudence6. Historical and anthropological jurisprudence7. The economic analysis of law.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assignment	Students will complete assignments discussing the legal theories covered in lectures	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Freeman: 0, Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence, Sweet and Maxwell,
Kelly: 1992, A Short History of Western Legal Theory, Clarendon,
Patterson: 1999, A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, Blackwell,
Simmonds: 1986, Central Issues in Jurisprudence, Sweet and Maxwell,
Unger: 1986, The Critical Legal Studies Movement, Harvard UP,
McCoubrey and White: 1999, Textbook on Jurisprudence, Blackstone,

Other Resources

None

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