PHIL 24 Law and Philosophy

Legal practice raises a wide range of questions of interest to philosophers.  Some concern how best to understand central concepts invoked in laws:  What are contracts? What is free speech? Other questions concern what kinds of laws and legal institutions we should have: What kinds of laws should regulate hate speech? When is the state justified in using coercion to enforce laws?  Still other questions concern law itself: How are legal norms related to moral norms?

Prerequisite

One Philosophy course, or permission of the instructor.

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:TMV; WCult:W

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