Ms A Barron, NAB6.05

For LLM students, MSc Regulation, MSc Regulation (Research), MSc Law, Anthropology and Society students, and other Master's level students with permission.

This course is capped at 30 students. Students must apply through Graduate Course Choice on LSEforYou.

The aim of this course is to situate the central debates in jurisprudence against the backdrop of some major themes in modern legal and political theory, notably questions of sovereignty, autonomy, rights and democracy. We begin in MT with a consideration of important texts by philosophers such as Hobbes, Kant, Nietszche and Habermas. In LT, the focus shifts to a range of topics in contemporary jurisprudence - for example, the relation law bears to questions of morality, political legitimacy and economic efficiency - and to the writings of authors such as Kelsen, Hart, Fuller and Dworkin.

20 two-hour seminars.

Students are asked to submit two 2,000 word essays.

Readings will be provided in advance on a weekly basis.

One two-hour formal examination contributing 50% of the final mark and one extended essay (8,000 words) contributing 50% of the final mark. The extended essay will meet the LLM Writing Requirement.