Course code: JUR-8002

Legal theory and legal philosophy

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Campus Tromsø

Semester / Year Autumn 2025

Level Doktorgrad

Credits 4

NOTE! This course belongs to a previous semester/year

About the course

Students must be admitted to the PhD programme in Law.

This course deals with current and general scientific and legal topics and issues, such as the nature and role of legal science and fundamental issues related to legal science.

Objectives of the course

After passing the course, the student will have acquired knowledge about fundamental scientific concepts and traditions, about legal science as a scientific topic and tradition and about various legal science traditions. Each student will be able to formulate issues of relevance to their PhD project. Moreover, the course contributes to developing the student to participate in academic discussions nationally as well as internationally.

Credit reduction

If you pass the examination in this course, you will get an reduction in credits (as stated below), if you previously have passed the following courses:

JUR-8002 Philosophy of Science in Law 4 ects

Teaching methods

The teaching consists of discussions in seminar form over a two-day period.

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.

Language of instruction and examination

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

Examination

Exams

Oral exam

Duration: 2 Days

Grade:
Passed / Not Passed

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More info about the oral exam

The students are to relate the topics addressed to their own projects and provide an account of them.