JURISPRUDENCE

Part I

Law and Legal System

Module I Natural Law

· What is natural law

· Historical backdrop

· John Finnis

Suggested Readings:

• Raymond Wacks, Understanding Jurisprudence (Oxford University Press)

• Brian Bix, Jurisprudence: Theory and Context (2006)

• MDA Freeman, Lloyd’s Introduction to Jurisprudence (2008)

• Roger Cotterrell, The Politics of Jurisprudence (2003)

• Wayne Morrison, Jurisprudence: From The Greeks to Post-Modernity (Rutledge-Cavendish, 1995),

Module II Legal Positivism

· Austin: Province of Jurisprudence Determined

· Kelsen: Pure Theory of Law

· Hart: Concept of Law

Suggested Readings:

• Scott Veitch, Emilios Christodoulidis & Marco Goldoni, Jurisprudence : Themes and Concepts (Roultledge, 2018)

• Raymond Wacks, Understanding Jurisprudence (Oxford University Press, 2016)

Module III Law and Morality

· Hart-Fuller Debate

· Hart-Devlin Debate

· Integrity of Law: Ronald Dworkin

Suggested Readings:

• David Dyzenhaus, “The Grudge Informer Case Revisited”, 83 New York University Law Review 4 (2008), pp. 1000-1034.

• Peter Cane, “Taking Law Seriously: Starting Points of the Hart/Devlin Debate”, 10 The Journal of Ethics (2006), pp.21-51.

• Suri Ratnapala, Jurisprudence (2008)

• Bernard W. Bell, ““No Motor Vehicles in the Park”: Reviving the Hart-Fuller Debate to Introduce Statutory Construction”, 48 Journal of Legal Education 1 (1998), pp.88-110.

• Frederick Schauer, “Fuller’s Internal Point of View”, 13 Law and Philosophy 3 (1994

• Nicola Lacey, “Philosophy, Political Morality, and History: Explaining The Enduring Resonance of The Hart-Fuller Debate”, 83 N.Y.U. Law Review 1059 (2008).

• H. L. A. Hart, “Social Solidarity and the Enforcement of Morality”, The University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Autumn, 1967), pp. 1-13.

• Lon Fuller, The Morality of Law (Indian Reprint, 2004)

• Ronald Dworkin, “Lord Devlin and the Enforcement of Morals”, 75 Yale Law Journal 986 (1965-1966)

Module IV Legal Realism

• American Realism

• Scandinavian Realism

Suggested Reading

• MDA Freeman, Lloyd’s Introduction to Jurisprudence (2008)

• Suri Ratnapala, Jurisprudence (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

• Brian Bix, Jurisprudence: Theory and Context (2006)

• Raymond Wacks, Understanding Jurisprudence (Oxford University Press)

Part II

Legal Concepts

· Hohfeld: Conception of Rights

· Dworkin: Rights as Trump

· Rawls: Theory of Justice

· Person, Ownership , Possession

Suggested Readings:

• Raymond Wacks, Understanding Jurisprudence (Oxford University Press)

• Dias: Jurisprudence (LexisNexis, 2013)

• Patton: Textbook of Jurisprudence, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006)

• Scott Veitch, Emilios Christodoulidis & Marco Goldoni, Jurisprudence : Themes and Concepts (Roultledge, 2018)

Law and Justice in a Globalized World

Law and Justice

1. Law: Hart, Fuller and Dworkin

2. Justice: Rawls, Finnis and Sen

Readings:

· HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994)

· Ronald Dworkin, Law's Empire (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986)

· Lon L. Fuller, The Morality of Law, ( Yale University Press, 1969)

· John Rawls, The Theory of Justice (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971

· Amartya Sen, Idea of Justice(Allen Lane & Harvard University Press,2009)

· John Finnis,Natural Law and Natural Rights (Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1980)

· Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What is Right Thing to Do? (Penguin Books, 2009).

· N. E. Simmonds, Central Issues in Jurisprudence: Justice, Law and Rights (Eastern Book Company, Lucknow, 2003).

· William Twining, General Jurisprudence: Understanding Law from a Global Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

· Wayne Morrison, Jurisprudence: From Greeks to Post-Modernism (Cavendish Publishing Limited, London, 1997).

· Michael J. Sandel, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (Cambridge University Press, 1998).

Globalization

1. Globalization: Meaning and Form

2. Economic, Political, Cultural and Ideological Dimensions of Globalization

3. Impact of Globalization on Sovereignty/States

Readings:

· Mangred B. Steger, Globalization: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2003).

· Joseph E. Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontent (W.W.Norton, New York, 2002).

· Anthony McGrew, David Held (eds.), Governing Globalization: Power, Authority and Global Governance (Polity Press, 2002).

· David Held, A Globalizing World? Culture, Economics, Politics (2004).

· Boauventura de Sousa Santos, Cesar A. Rodriguez-Garavito (eds.), Law and Globalization from Below (Cambridge University Press, 2005).

· Julian Ku and John Yoo, Globalization and Structure, 53(2) William and Mary Law Review 431-480 (2011November).

· S. Adam, “Distributing Justice” 86 (2) New York University Law Review 500-572 (May 2011).

Concept of Justice in a Globalizing World

1. Globalization and the law

2. Concept of global justice

3. Cosmopolitanism

4. Global Distributive Justice

5. Impact of Globalization on Judicial Process and Administration of Justice

Readings:

· Laura Valentini, Justice in a Globalizing World: A Normative Framework (OUP, 2011)

· Andrew Kuper, Democracy Beyond Borders: Justice and Representations in Global Institutions (OUP, 2006)

· Jean-Marc Coicaud, Michael W. Doyle et al (eds.), The Globalization of Human Rights (United Nations University Press, 2003)

· David B. Goldman, Globalization and the Western Legal Tradition: Recurring Patterns of Law and Authority (Cambridge University Press, 2008).

· Pablo De Greiff and Ciaran Cronin (eds.), Global Justice and Transnational Politics: Essays on the Moral and Political Challenges of Globalization (MIT Press, 2002).

· Simon Coney, Justice Beyond Borders: A Global Political Theory (Oxford University Press, 2005).

· Gillian Brock, “Global Justice”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2015 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2015/entries/justice-global/>.

· Judge Hisashi Owada, “Some Reflections on Justice in a Globalizing World”, 97 American Society of International Law – Proceedings of the 101st Annual Meeting (April 2-5, 2003).

Human Rights

• Human rights: beyond traditional formulations

• Human rights in a globalised world

• Development and human rights

• ‘War on terror’

Readings:

· David Kinley, Civilizing Globalization: Human Rights and the Global Economy (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

· M. Abouharb, David Cingranelli, Human Rights and Structural Adjustment (Cambridge University Press 2007).

· Upendra Baxi, The Future of Human Rights (OUP, 2002).

· Amartya Sen, Development As Freedom,(OUP, 2012)

· Surya Deva, Human Rights Violations by Multinational Corporations and. International Law: Where from Here?, 19 CONN. J. INT'L L. 1 (2003)

· Paul Hoffman, “Human Rights and Terrorism”, 26 Human Rights Quarterly 4,932-955(2004)

· William Twining, General Jurisprudence: Understanding Law from a Global Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2009)

· Surya Deva, “Globalization and its Impact on the Realization of Human Rights: Indian Perspective on a Global Canvas” in C. Raj Kumar, K. Chockalingam (eds.) Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment 237 – 263 (OUP, 2003).

· Susan Marks, “Human Rights and Root Causes” 74 (1) Modern Law Review 57-78 (January 2011).

· Pierrick Le Goff, “Global Law: A Legal Phenomenon Emerging from the Process of

Globalization”, 14 Ind. J. Global Legal Studies 119 (2007)

Surya Deva, “Globalization and its Impact on the Realization of Human Rights:

Indian Perspective on a Global Canvas” in C. Raj Kumar, K. Chockalingam (eds.)

Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment 237 – 263 (OUP, 2003)

Upendra Baxi, Human Rights in a Posthuman World: Critical Essays (OUP,2007)