PHL502 Law, Ethics and Human Rights (8)
This subject is concerned with the nature of rights and the relationship they have to law, ethics and morality. The first part of the subject looks at some traditional issues in jurisprudence and the philosophy of law, including the dependency (if any) of the law on morality and the relationship. The second part of the subject focuses on a specific approach (legal positivism) to the philosophy of rights, and on the legal and political institutions associated with them.