GENERAL THEORY OF LAW
Oral exam
At the end of the course, the student should have acquired the knowledge of the main problems related to the general theory of law, with reference in particular to the various theoretical positions inside the twentieth-century debate. Students learn to identify and use the techniques related to the interpretation of the law, identification / creation of legal gaps, solution of the antinomies
The course will be devoted to an introduction and critical analysis of the concept of law and of the concepts and problems related to it.
1. Introduction: What is Law?; 2. Norm and norm-formulation; 3. Kelsen: causality and imputation; 4. Kelsen: sanction as an integral part of law; 5. Hart; 6. Dworkin; 7. Riggs vs. Palmer; 8. Validity; 9. Kelsen and the Legal System; 10. Grundnorm; 11. Hart and the rule of recognition; 12. Alf Ross; 13. Closure of the legal system; 14. Test; 15. Interpretation; 16. Theory of Legal Interpretation; 17. Legal Gaps; 18. Legal Cases; 19. United States vs. Locke; 20. Hart and Fuller; 21. MacPherson vs. Buick Motor Company; 22. De Funis; 23. Alexy; 24. Legal Realism; 25. L'affaire Perruche; 26. Wrongful Birth; 27. Who is a Person in Law?
Per gli studenti frequentanti: M. BARBERIS, Una filosofia del diritto per lo Stato costituzionale, Torino, Giappichelli, 2017; O. CAYLA - Y. THOMAS, Il diritto di non nascere, Milano, Giuffré, 2004, limitatamente alle pp. 83-151. Other readings will recommended along the semester.
Per gli studenti non frequentanti: M. BARBERIS, Una filosofia del diritto per lo Stato costituzionale, Torino, Giappichelli, 2017; O. CAYLA - Y. THOMAS, Il diritto di non nascere, Milano, Giuffré, 2004.
Face to face