spring 2025
JUR-8003 Legal Methods - 6 ECTS

Type of course

Students must be admitted to the PhD programme in Law.

Course content

This course deals with various traditional and current legal and interdisciplinary methods.

Recommended prerequisites

JUR-8001 Examination of the Role and Ethics of the Law, JUR-8002 Philosophy of Science in Law, JUR-8002 Legal theory and legal philosophy, JUR-8008 Examination of the Role and Ethics of the Law. Introduction to the Scandinavian model.

Objectives of the course

After passing this course, the student will have acquired knowledge about various legal and interdisciplinary methods. Each student will be able to formulate methodological issues of relevance to their PhD project. Moreover, the student will acquire knowledge to use various methods in their research project.

Language of instruction and examination

The language of instruction varies between Norwegian and English depending on the participants.

Teaching methods

The teaching consists of discussions in seminar form over a two-day period. The seminars are partly based on written works that connect the course content with the topics of the participants’ PhD theses.

Attendance and active participation in the teaching are compulsory. The term active participation means that the students attempt to link the various themes raised to their own projects and explain this.

In addition, it is expected that all the students present articles for discussion during the seminar teaching, in line with the guidelines for the reading seminar.


Schedule

Examination

Examination: Grade scale:
Portfolio Passed / Not Passed

Coursework requirements:

To take an examination, the student must have passed the following coursework requirements:

Part 1: Participation in the seminar Approved – not approved
Part 2: Participation in the seminar Approved – not approved
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  • About the course
  • Campus: Tromsø |
  • ECTS: 6
  • Course code: JUR-8003
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