Philosophy of Law
Code
MM128
Department
Área de Ensino
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
José de Sousa e Brito
Weekly hours
4.5
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
The objectives of the course are: to introduce the students to philosophical work in the Philosophy of Law, especially the philosophical-legal essay; to accustom the student to debate, in contemporary terms, one of the central themes of the theory of justice: equality
Subject matter
Theory of justice
Bibliography
*Rawls, John - Uma Teoria da Justiça, trad. Carlos Pinto Correia, Lisboa, Presença, 1993.
- Liberalismo Político (trad.), Lisboa, Presença, 2003.
- Justice as Fairness. A Restatement, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2001.
*Amartya Sen – Inequality Reexamined, Oxford, Clarendon, 1992.
*Ronald Dworkin – Sovereign Virtue. The Theory and Practice of Equality, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000.Teaching method
Seminars, at which new works by the lecturer will be discussed, at the initial sessions, and students’ work at later sessions. Students work will be prepared in individual sessions with the lecturer.