LAW Human Rights and Moral Questions
Criminal Law: General

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Item is good for 12 routes, rollover orange dots above to see which ones! LAW 507 Human Rights and Moral Questions Law School Recommended for route(s): [ Litigation ] Criminal Law: General Why it is relevant for ... [ Litigation ] as a Related Elective for those interested in Human Rights : Students interested in criminal law, particularly international criminal law, should be aware of current theories and cross-cultural attitudes about human rights, which are increasingly part of the discourse in international jurisprudence. General course Description: The proliferation of human rights in the discourse of international justice has raised a number of important questions in both moral and legal theory. What are human rights? How should they be conceptualized? Who ought to bear the duties associated with them? Can their protection justify military interventions into sovereign states? This course will cover topics in moral and legal theory surrounding human rights. The course has three main focuses. The first concerns the question of what these rights are. The second focus is on the various substantive moral justifications for the protection of human rights. The third is on the moral issues raised by the dominance of human rights in international law and relations: can any rights be universal? How are these rights to be framed in the light of cross-cultural values and claims about cultural dominance? A theme throughout will be the connections between these questions. The way we answer the question Course Style: A Substantive course teaches the law, theory, and policy in a particular area of law Course Frequency: Varied, check w/ registrar |