Course Description

Philosophy 140 Philosophy of Law

A study of some main problems in Legal Philosophy. Emphasis is given to actual law, e.g. criminal law and contracts, as a background to questions of law's nature. Specimen topics: police powers in Canada, contractual obligation, insanity defence, judicial reasoning and discretion, civil liberties, legal responsibility, natural law and legal positivism.

Antirequisite: Media, Information and Technoculture 247F/G

2 hours.

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