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After this course:
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the student has acquired a basic understanding of important theories about law as the object of study.
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the student has acquired a basic understanding of important theories about nature as the object of study.
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the student has acquired a basic understanding of important theories about culture as the object of study.
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the student has acquired a good working knowledge of the similarities and differences among the theories about these three objects of study.
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the student has become familiar with classical texts in the philosophy of law, science, and the humanities.
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the student is able to write a well balanced essay in which law as an academic discipline is compared to another academic discipline.
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Law as an Academic Discipline, Science and Humanities is a reflective course developed in the ‘jurisprudence’ department of Utrecht University and deals with the study of law as an academic pursuit. Does such a thing as legal science exist and if so, what is it? How does the study of law compare with other academic disciplines? What are the respective objects and methods? These questions are the focus of this course, which will be dealt with by reading and discussing classical texts in the philosophy of science, the humanities, and, of course, law.
Place of the course within the curriculum:
- Compulsory course in the master Legal Research
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