LAW7010

Contemporary legal thought

(LAW)

Associate Professor A Goldsmith

6 points + One 2-hour seminar per week + City

Synopsis: Topics covered will vary to reflect new and emerging perspectives and to accommodate students interests. In the past the following topics have been covered: introduction to interdisciplinary scholarship; the death of law?; Luhmann's social systems theory of law; liberalism and the rule of law; Rawls' theory of justice; feminist critiques of law; law and economics; critical legal studies; Unger's transformative theory of law; Michel Foucault on disciplines and legal discourse; law and geography; Robert Cover and legal language; law and literature; interpretivism and legal practice; Stanley Fish and neo-progmatism.

Assessment: Research essay (3375 words): 45% + Take home examination (3375 words): 45% + Class participation: 10%