LAW 102 – Philosophy of Law

LAW 102 – Philosophy of Law, Weekly hours: 2+1, ECTS: 5
The main objective of the course is to consider and discuss fundamental questions of law and fundamental legal issues and to give answers in philosophical way. The curriculum includes following topics: meaning and the concept of law; natural law and natural rights; rights and justice; relationship between law and morality; law and society, the main characteristics of legal positivism, nonpositivsm, legal realism and interpretation of law and the importance of the normative force of law and criteria for legal validity.