University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law

Jurisprudence (Tripos)

Syllabus
  1. The philosophical debate about the nature of law. Theories of natural law. Natural law and legal positivism.
  2. Analytical legal positivism. Modern critics of legal positivism.
  3. Theories of adjudication.
  4. Classical legal positivism and analytical legal positivism.
  5. Theories of Justice.
  6. Liberalism and shared morality.