Class Introduction to Law I

The approach developed in Introduction to Law I aims for a balance between an introductory intention (so that it may be possible a rigorous conceptual and dogmatic clarification of different legal problems, in different legal territories) and a critical-reflective internal intent (so that it may be possible to discuss, even though perfunctorily, Law¿ s civilisational-cultural project and its specific autonomy).

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Law as a dimension to our practice: the problem of its civilisational meaning Chapter I / The global significance of Law' s 'human project' The immediate experience of concrete controversy: a perfunctory approach of its communicative context and correlate (the analytical reconstruction of the legal order). Chapter II / The specific significance (meaning) of Law reconstituted in a critical dialogue with normativistic legal positivism and with the challenges and possibilities of post-positivism. 1. The immense pre-modern «arch». 2. The cultural context of Modernity and Enlightenment and the determinants of legal normativism. 3. Characterizing normativistic legal positivism.. 4. A first approach to post-postivistic universe as a new anthropological conception and normative experience related to a contemporary understanding of Law's specific meaning. 5. Law as a form or way of life (the challenges of a certain homo humanus ' s specific community).

There is no real use of innovative methods. Frequent slide projections are always used as a starting point for a more complex exposition and discussion, which does not end with the passive assimilation of visual components. Whenever relevant, teaching is based on case analysis.

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