WMSFang: Human rights, democracy and constitutional law WF-FI-123-WMAN-CE24
A characteristic feature of contemporary political and social debates is their concentration around the idea of human rights. The political system that is widely believed to be most conducive to the realisation of these rights in all their diversity is the democratic model of government. In the opinion of most experts, the fundamental mode of functioning of modern democracies, guaranteeing respect for the rights of minority groups of all kinds, is the enactment and application of laws in accordance with the relevant constitutional order. The aim of the course is to discuss the essential conceptual structure underlying such a model of functioning of human societies, with particular focus on its philosophical uderpinnings. Commonly advanced arguments justifying the optimal nature of this model will be considered. The course will examine key public disputes currently taking place in democratic countries. The lecture will be conducted in English.
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A characteristic feature of contemporary political and social debates is their concentration around the idea of human rights. The political system that is widely believed to be most conducive to the realisation of these rights in all their diversity is the democratic model of government. In the opinion of most experts, the fundamental mode of functioning of modern democracies, guaranteeing respect for the rights of minority groups of all kinds, is the enactment and application of laws in accordance with the relevant constitutional order. The aim of the course is to discuss the essential conceptual structure underlying such a model of functioning of human societies, with particular focus on its philosophical uderpinnings. Commonly advanced arguments justifying the optimal nature of this model will be considered. The course will examine key public disputes currently taking place in democratic countries. The lecture will be conducted in English. |
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Symbol/Symbole kierunkowe efektów uczenia się
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Wymagania wstępne
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Efekty kształcenia
Attitudes - the ability to make ethically sound distinctions between various interpretations of human rights and methods of their legal protection
Competence - to ability to develop/interpret arguments related to key contemporary controversies surrounding human rights, rule of law and limits of political power.
Knowledge - knowledge of the basic philosophical assumptions behind contemporary theories of human rights, democratic governance and constitutional order
Kryteria oceniania
Assessment will be based on participation in the series of lectures and submission of a written essay (1500 words) on one of the proposed subjects
Literatura
Bruce Ackerman, We the People.2. Transformations, Harvard University Press, 1998.
Bruce Ackerman, We the People.3. The Civil Rights Revolution, Harvard University Press, 2014.
Richard Bellamy, 'Political constitutionalism', Cambridge University Press, 2007.
John Aneurin Grey Griffith, 'The Poliical constitution', The Modern Law review, 1979/42.
John Finnis, 'Natural Law and Natural Rights', Oxford University Press, 2011
John Finnis, 'Human Rights and Common Good'. Collected Essays: Volume III', Oxford University Press, 2011.
John Finnis, 'Judicial Power and the Balance of Our Constitution', Policy Exchange, 2018.
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