Contemporary Philosophy of Law Course
This course explores contemporary philosophical approaches to law, including positivism, interpretivism, pragmatism, and critical theories, equipping learners with skills for rigorous legal analysis, research, and argumentation in complex legal contexts.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This concise Contemporary Philosophy of Law Course equips you with practical tools to analyse norms, rules, and principles, compare positivist and interpretivist theories, and evaluate economic and pragmatic reasoning. You will practise building rigorous scholarly arguments, researching case decisions, and engaging with critical perspectives, strengthening your capacity for precise, persuasive, and well-supported decision-making in complex disputes.
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Develop skills
- Apply legal positivism, interpretivism, and pragmatism in real case analysis.
- Use law and economics tools for fast, rigorous cost-benefit legal assessments.
- Design sharp legal research questions and structure publishable scholarly papers.
- Map court opinions to legal theories using close reading and citation best practices.
- Critically assess doctrine with CLS, feminist, and Critical Race Theory insights.
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