Transnational Legal Theory
Course code
AKJ6317.YK
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Course title in Estonian
Rahvusülene õigusteooria
Course title in English
Transnational Legal Theory
ECTS credits
4.0
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Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The Course:
• Offers an overview of ideas about law, legal order, legal system, rules, principles and their relationship to politics and morality.
• Will develop a student’s skills in researching into how law develops and how different legal systems affect each other.
• The point of departure is the theory of institutions, as it is seen in the contemporary social theory and the description of the ontology of the legal world from both historical and contemporary institutional point of view.
• The specific aims of the course are to relate the legal theoretical discussion to the development of transnational law.
• Offers an overview of ideas about law, legal order, legal system, rules, principles and their relationship to politics and morality.
• Will develop a student’s skills in researching into how law develops and how different legal systems affect each other.
• The point of departure is the theory of institutions, as it is seen in the contemporary social theory and the description of the ontology of the legal world from both historical and contemporary institutional point of view.
• The specific aims of the course are to relate the legal theoretical discussion to the development of transnational law.
Brief description of the course
Transnational Legal Theory will explore the theoretical concepts of transnational law. The origin and history of theorizing on transnational legal processes will be discussed in detail. The internationalization of the rule of law and its discontents, are also discussed. The course will also examine a number issues and cases demonstrating transnational problems facing today's lawyers and lawmakers.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to critically read and assess literature on transnational law;
- can explain and apply transnational law theories in their research projects;
- can design a theoretically sound research enquiry in transnational law issues; and
- chooses appropriate methods for conducting research in transnational law or chooses transnational law as a tool to investigate related topics.
- is able to critically read and assess literature on transnational law;
- can explain and apply transnational law theories in their research projects;
- can design a theoretically sound research enquiry in transnational law issues; and
- chooses appropriate methods for conducting research in transnational law or chooses transnational law as a tool to investigate related topics.
Teacher
Massimo La Torre
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