Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

The course aims at providing students with key legal and philosophical concepts, by introducing them to the main theories and specifically addressing the most recent developments in the philosophical debate on legal questions. From the historical background to the contemporary evolution, the course is intended to present the main tools for analysis of law through the lens of philosophy.

By the end of the course, students should prove an in-depth knowledge of the topics addressed during the course. Moreover, students should demostrate that they have developed a critical approach to the most relevant questions inherent in legal culture. Students should therefore show strong argumentation skills, solid both from a philosophical and legal perspective.

--> Please note: lectures planned for 21-22-23 Februrary 2022 will be held only on Webex platform (https://unito.webex.com/meet/tullia.penna), and not in person. However, timetable is unchanged (10-12).

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The duration of the course is 54 hours and the course will be articulated in lectures held in person. Lectures in person will be simultaneously streamed on Webex (https://unito.webex.com/meet/tullia.penna). Materials will be avaible on Moodle e-learnign page.

Due to COVID-19 health threat, restrictions to students' attendance in person may be applied. Any substantial change will be promptly communicated. Registering in the teaching platform is therefore mandatory for students in order to receive communication, as well as to have full access to materials.

Both attending and non-attending students will have to take an oral exam.

Only attending students will be given the opportunity to take a pre-exam on a reduced study program. Further information on pre-exam will be provided during the course.

The studying materials for attending students are:

1.  John Tasioulas (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to The Philosophy of Law, Cambridge University Press, 2020 [ISBN 978-1-107-45822-2] – limited to Chapters 8-9 (pp. 152-190), Chapter 11 (pp. 208-233), Chapter 15 (pp. 291-312) (Part 2 of the course),
   and
2. materials that will be uploaded on Moodle (Part 1 and Part 3 of the course).

Non-attending students can study on:

• J. Tasioulas (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to The Philosophy of Law, Cambridge University Press, 2020 [ISBN 978-1-107-45822-2] – limited to Chapters 1-3 (pp. 15-77), Chapters 6-9 (pp. 115-190), Chapter 11 (pp. 208-233), Chapters 14-15 (pp. 271-312),
  and
• materials that will be uploaded on Moodle.

In-depth materials, papers, and synopsis will be uploaded on Moodle platform. Office hours for students will be on appointment to be scheduled by writing an email to tullia.penna@unito.it.

The course will consist of 3 main parts:

1. General Theory.
   - Historical background
   
   
2. Values
   - Human Rights
   - Equality and Discrimination
   
   
3. Special Theory
   - Human Right to Science
   - Bioethics (traditional perspective)
   - Reproductive rights in Bioethics