Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

SEMINARIO UFFICIALE - Law and development

OFFICIAL SEMINAR - Law and Development

Anno accademico 2025/2026

Sommario insegnamento

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• Obiettivi formativi
• Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
• Programma
• Modalità di insegnamento
• Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
• Strumenti didattici
• Scheda del corso

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Obiettivi formativi

-           Knowledge and understanding of the theoretical debates and academic controversies surrounding the relationship between law and economic development.

-           Knowledge and understanding of the theoretical debates and academic controversies surrounding the relationship between law and democratization.

-           Awareness and critical understanding of the major doctrines and policies directing current international and regional efforts in the field.

-           A critical understanding of the advantages and drawbacks of ‘conditionality’ in development policy, particularly as it applies to demands for good governance and the observance of human rights.

-           Knowledge and critical understanding of the place and role of law and legal institutions in efforts directed at the reconstruction of war-torn territories.

-           The ability to place issues of law and development in their proper political, economic and social contexts.

-           An awareness of the historical and ideological underpinnings of Western legal thought and international policy in the field of law and development.

Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

On successfully completing the module students will be able to:

1. Present relevant knowledge and understanding in the form of reasoned and supported argument through seminar discussion and coursework;
2. Develop and apply their knowledge and understanding in the form of reasoned supported argument through seminar discussion and assessment;
3. Carry out thorough research analysing various points of view and using wide sources.
4. Express themselves to a high standard in a coherent written form as well as orally in the context of seminar discussion, with appropriate use of citation, and by the use of computer word processing.
5. Find relevant primary and secondary material for research in hard copy and through electronic sources.
6. Undertake further appropriate further training or research in the field.

Programma

Week 1          Introduction & Administration

Week 2            The emergence and transformation of law and development

Week 3            The rule of law as a development strategy

Week 4  The rule of law in post-conflict societies

Week 5       Law and economic development

Week 6       Measuring Law

Week 7      Legal empowerment of the poor

Week 8       Legal Pluralism

Week 9     The land grab

Week 10    Law, gender and development

Modalità di insegnamento

Classes will consist of two-hour sessions which will combine lecture- and seminar formats. 

Students are expected to do the mandatory reading for each class, and to develop views on the questions and be prepared to articulate these views in the lectures and the seminars. The purpose of this dialogic method is not to put students ‘on the spot’ or to police their diligence; law, however, is sometimes rightly defined as communicative practice, and passive consumption of knowledge imparted by the lecturer is decidedly not the ideal learning and teaching method. A set of additional source materials are included for each session, which can help you with your final essays.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

Assessment is on a pass/fail basis, and will take place through in-class participation and presentations. 

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