Theory of State and Law
Course: International Law (ECL Bachelor, language of program - english)
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Title
Theory of State and Law
Code
ОК 11
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
Knowledge about the state and law, basic concepts and categories of jurisprudence, main sources and forms of law, legal system and system of law, the main properties of legal relations. The course gives an understating of the causes of state and law formation, forms and functions of state, sources and forms of law and different legal systems.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The course is basic for the students majoring in international law. Fluent English and basic knowledge in the world history is a must.
Course content
Thematic plan of the discipline:
1. Subject of theory of law and its role.
2. Causes of the state formation, its origin and social essence.
3. State: concept, properties and essence
4. Form of the state and its constituent elements.
5. Functions of the state.
6. Mechanism of state and state apparatus.
7. State - the main element of the political system of society.
8. The essence of a democratic, legal and social state.
9 Law as a socio-historical phenomenon.
10. Sources and forms of law.
11. The legal system, the system of law and the system of legislation.
12. Legal relations: conditions, structure, elements and their properties.
13. Legal liability: types, principles, grounds
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Himma Kenneth Einar. Coercion and the Nature of Law. / Kenneth Einar Himma. – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. – 288 p.
2. Kurki Visa AJ. A Theory of Legal Personhood / AJ Kurki Visa. – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. – 240 p.
3. Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law Volume 3. / Edited by John Gardner, Leslie Green, and Brian Leiter. – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. – 240 p.
4. Karatayeva A.M. The Theory of State and Law (elementary course): educational manual. / A.M. Karatayeva, A.B. Smanova, K.R. Useinova. Almaty: Qazaq university, 2016. 102 p.
5. Brooke, David. Q&A Jurisprudence. 7th New edition. London. Routledge. Taylor & Francis Ltd. 2015. 276 p.
6. State Law and Legal Positivism: The Global Rise of a New Paradigm. Edited by Badouin Dupret and Jean-louis Halpérin. Netherlands. Brill. Martinus Nijhoff. 2021. 268 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Лекція, семінарське заняття, вирішення практичних казусів, виконання завдань самостійної роботи
Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation is carried out according to the modular rating system. Current control: answers (up to 42 points), additions (up to 9 points), case studies (up to 2 points), independent work (up to 15 points), final modular test (up to 8 points).
2nd semester: The form of final control is an exam. The exam is conducted in writing. The student's answer to the exam – up to 40 points.
Language of instruction
English
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Departments
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