Bachelor
2022/2023
Law
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Compulsory course (Sociology and Social Informatics)
Area of studies:
Sociology
Delivered by:
School of Digital Law and Bio-Law
When:
1 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies:
distance learning
Online hours:
30
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Балашов Дмитрий Викторович,
Daria Alova,
Valeria Bozhenova,
Tagir Khabibulin,
Sergey Vinogradov
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
30
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Studying Jurisprudence students will learn to reflect in a critical way on the functions and meaning of legal systems and legal institutions. We will discuss relation between law and politics, economy and morality. The course content will cover most common problems in the legal theory and practice to develop a wider comprehension of the nature and working of law.
Learning Objectives
- The primary aim of the course is to form a complete understanding of approaches toward research on law within a comparative perspective and ability to resolve typical legal conflicts and to prepare legal documents.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Student knows tendencies of law development in the digital era;
- A student distinguishes the main types of legal professions and lawyers, especially in common law countries;
- A student knows the main areas of law in common law;
Course Contents
- Topic 1. Law as a social phenomena
- Topic 2. Ration of law to other social regulators
- Topic 3. Genesis of the modern European law
- Topic 4. Fundamentals of the contemporary domestic law on the example of the Russian Federation.
- Topic 5. Fundamentals of the legal regulations of the economy. Part I
- Topic 6. Fundamentals of the legal regulations of the economy. Part II.
- Topic 7. Fundamentals of the legal regulations of relationships in the socio-political sphere. Part I.
- Topic 8. Fundamentals of the legal regulations of relationships in the socio-political sphere. Part II.
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 4th module0.25 * Colloquium + 0.25 * Team project defence + 0.25 * Seminar activity + 0.25 * Team project proposal
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Brooks, T. (2014). Law and Legal Theory. Leiden: Brill. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=675680
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- BERINZON, M., & BRIGGS, R. C. (2016). Legal Families Without the Laws: The Fading of Colonial Law in French West Africa. American Journal of Comparative Law, 64(2), 329–370. https://doi.org/10.5131/AJCL.2016.0012
- Brownlee, K. (2004). The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law (Book). Journal of Moral Philosophy, 1(2), 229–231. https://doi.org/10.1177/174046810400100209
- CASANOVA, J. (2017). Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective. OXFORD: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1506315
- Goh, B. C. (2016). Law Without Lawyers, Justice Without Courts : On Traditional Chinese Mediation. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1431920
- Goldsworthy, J. D. (2006). Interpreting Constitutions : A Comparative Study. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2092575
- Guerrier, C. (2016). Security and Privacy in the Digital Era. London: Wiley-ISTE. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1339817
- Lautenbach, G. (2013). The Concept of the Rule of Law and the European Court of Human Rights (Vol. First edition). Oxford, United Kingdom: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=672428
- Li, L. (2017). Building the Rule of Law in China. Cambridge, MA, United States: Elsevier. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1433172
- Raz, J. (2011). From Normativity to Responsibility. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=458490
- The Oxford handbook of empirical legal research / ed. by Peter Cane; Herbert M. Kritzer. (2010). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.330885197