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This module will provide you with a developed understanding of what is law; how much law can be justified; how law relates to morality and justice, indeed whether there is any morality that is unique to law. The first part of the module will canvass what is unique about legal obligation and law’s claim to authority. In the second part of the module you will look at different theories of justice and the tension they pose between individuality and community. The third part of the module will apply the work from the first two parts towards examining how we might the law be used to promote justice. The theory and practice of law will be examined and reflected upon in a slower and more advanced way than in the LAWS1012 Legal System and Reasoning module taken in Year 1 of the Programme. The module will be taught in holistic way, so that theories of law and theories and justice can be seen in the way they relate and complement one another to reflect both justification and limits for good governance. As a prospective lawyer, it is believed that significantly better and more sophisticated legal analysis and argument can be formed once central legal concepts and principles can be seen in the way they relate to theories of law and justice. As such, this module will deeply inform your doctrinal study of law with the conceptual analysis which underpins law’s search for justice.

This module will provide you with a developed understanding of what is law; how much law can be justified; how law relates to morality and justice, indeed whether there is any morality that is unique to law. The first part of the module will canvass what is unique about legal obligation and law’s claim to authority. In the second part of the module you will look at different theories of justice and the tension they pose between individuality and community. The third part of the module will apply the work from the first two parts towards examining how we might the law be used to promote justice. The theory and practice of law will be examined and reflected upon in a slower and more advanced way than in the LAWS1012 Legal System and Reasoning module taken in Year 1 of the Programme. The module will be taught in holistic way, so that theories of law and theories and justice can be seen in the way they relate and complement one another to reflect both justification and limits for good governance. As a prospective lawyer, it is believed that significantly better and more sophisticated legal analysis and argument can be formed once central legal concepts and principles can be seen in the way they relate to theories of law and justice. As such, this module will deeply inform your doctrinal study of law with the conceptual analysis which underpins law’s search for justice.

This module will provide you with a developed understanding of what is law; how much law can be justified; how law relates to morality and justice, indeed whether there is any morality that is unique to law. The first part of the module will canvass what is unique about legal obligation and law’s claim to authority. In the second part of the module you will look at different theories of justice and the tension they pose between individuality and community. The third part of the module will apply the work from the first two parts towards examining how we might the law be used to promote justice. The theory and practice of law will be examined and reflected upon in a slower and more advanced way than in the LAWS1012 Legal System and Reasoning module taken in Year 1 of the Programme. The module will be taught in holistic way, so that theories of law and theories and justice can be seen in the way they relate and complement one another to reflect both justification and limits for good governance. As a prospective lawyer, it is believed that significantly better and more sophisticated legal analysis and argument can be formed once central legal concepts and principles can be seen in the way they relate to theories of law and justice. As such, this module will deeply inform your doctrinal study of law with the conceptual analysis which underpins law’s search for justice.

This module examines different approaches to political leadership through a variety of lenses, mostly grounded in historical and contemporary political theory.

Variational methods in classical physics will be reviewed and the extension of these ideas in quantum mechanics will be introduced.

Variational methods in classical physics will be reviewed and the extension of these ideas in quantum mechanics will be introduced.

Although a ‘common sense’ view of world politics is often presented in non-academic contexts, there is little agreement among experts on what international relations is, and how we should think about the discipline. This module enables students to critically examine the conventional wisdom and as a result
to gain a more critical understanding of international relations. The module emphasizes that ‘the truth’ about international relations is disputed and analyses competing knowledge claims

Pre-requisite for PAIR3001 and PAIR3005

Although a ‘common sense’ view of world politics is often presented in non-academic contexts, there is little agreement among experts on what international relations is, and how we should think about the discipline. This module enables students to critically examine the conventional wisdom and as a result
to gain a more critical understanding of international relations. The module emphasizes that ‘the truth’ about international relations is disputed and analyses competing knowledge claims

Pre-requisite for PAIR3001 and PAIR3005

This module focuses on how social theorists have tried to address particular questions and problems in the social world. What conceptual tools have they developed to help us understand various dimensions of our world from the 19th century through to the present day? On this module we take a journey through 10 of the problems or questions that have tested the thinking of theorists and philosophers for over a century - problems such as the nature of the self, the structure /agency debate, the meaning of the body and physical embodiment, the operation of institutions - material and virtual, questions about the nature and role of culture, the divisions of labour, and the operation of the digital world. We pick out and explore particular theorists and focus in on the conceptual tools they developed and the solutions they propose. The aim is not to provide a comprehensive account of any one topic or any one theorist– quite the opposite. The aim is to show the diversity of approaches and conceptual frameworks that social theorists have developed to address a specific question – and the underlying ontologies and epistemologies that underpin them. We draw on theories from across the theoretical landscape from classical, to modern and post Modern, and capture a range of broad debates and paradigms from critical theory to feminist theory to post-colonial theory. In the process we use comparison and contrast and the application of conceptual tools to provide a critical understanding of theoretical ideas and tools
Each lecture explores a specific problem or question and draws on the work of a small number of key theorists and their concept tools and approaches to illustrate the different debates. By comparing different approaches to a particular question, we can begin to critique theoretical ideas. Weekly interactive seminars provide a space to explore these ideas and their application and look at the development of theory.

This module focuses on how social theorists have tried to address particular questions and problems in the social world. What conceptual tools have they developed to help us understand various dimensions of our world from the 19th century through to the present day? On this module we take a journey through 10 of the problems or questions that have tested the thinking of theorists and philosophers for over a century - problems such as the nature of the self, the structure /agency debate, the meaning of the body and physical embodiment, the operation of institutions - material and virtual, questions about the nature and role of culture, the divisions of labour, and the operation of the digital world. We pick out and explore particular theorists and focus in on the conceptual tools they developed and the solutions they propose. The aim is not to provide a comprehensive account of any one topic or any one theorist– quite the opposite. The aim is to show the diversity of approaches and conceptual frameworks that social theorists have developed to address a specific question – and the underlying ontologies and epistemologies that underpin them. We draw on theories from across the theoretical landscape from classical, to modern and post Modern, and capture a range of broad debates and paradigms from critical theory to feminist theory to post-colonial theory. In the process we use comparison and contrast and the application of conceptual tools to provide a critical understanding of theoretical ideas and tools
Each lecture explores a specific problem or question and draws on the work of a small number of key theorists and their concept tools and approaches to illustrate the different debates. By comparing different approaches to a particular question, we can begin to critique theoretical ideas. Weekly interactive seminars provide a space to explore these ideas and their application and look at the development of theory.