030316 KU Law and Empire (2018S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Fr 09.02.2018 00:01 to Mo 05.03.2018 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 09.03.2018 23:59
Details
max. 60 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 08.03. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
- Thursday 15.03. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
- Thursday 22.03. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
- Thursday 12.04. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
- Thursday 19.04. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
- Thursday 26.04. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
- Thursday 03.05. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
- Thursday 17.05. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
- Thursday 24.05. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
- Thursday 07.06. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
- Thursday 14.06. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
- Thursday 21.06. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Empires are a popular topic in several academic disciplines, ranging from history and the political sciences to cultural studies. Law, though lagging behind, is no exception. The lecture explores the „imperial turn“ in the legal sciences. After a brief overview over the more tradtional examples, where the law & empire debate had always been part of the story, in particular Roman Law and the legal orders of the European colonial empires, the lecture will move on to inquire into the underlying reasons of the recent turn to empire in legal studies, the erosion of the state and the state-centred international order as the point of reference for legal thought. Persistent and re-emerging asymmetries, hierarchies and differences require a reconceptualization of classical 19th and 20th century assumptions about law. The lecture addresses the impact of the imperial turn both for domestic and for internatioal law. The United Sates of America, the European Union, India and Israel provide contemporary case studies. For the long 19th century the lecture relies on examples from the British and the Habsburg Empire. Drawing on current research the lecture also explores the contributions, which such highly diverse early-modern polities as the Holy Roman Empire, the Polish-Lithuanian Rzeczpospolita, the Danish Rike and the Mughal Empire may make to the law & empire debate.
Assessment and permitted materials
- participation in one two-hour excursion to the Imperial Archives (Reichsarchive) at the Austrian State Archive, Division House, Court and State Archive or an alternative excursion on offer
- critical commentary and translation of a brief part of an early modern treaty or unilateral declaration from the French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, German, Dutch, Danish or Ottoman Turkish into English
- positive evaluation of the written exam, which counts for two thirds of the final grade
- critical commentary and translation of a brief part of an early modern treaty or unilateral declaration from the French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, German, Dutch, Danish or Ottoman Turkish into English
- positive evaluation of the written exam, which counts for two thirds of the final grade
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
- participation in one two-hour excursion to the Imperial Archives (Reichsarchive) at the Austrian State Archive, Division House, Court and State Archive or an alternative excursion on offer
- critical commentary and translation of a brief part of an early modern treaty or unilateral declaration from the French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, German, Dutch, Danish or Ottoman Turkish into English
- positive evaluation of the written exam, which counts for two thirds of the final grade
- critical commentary and translation of a brief part of an early modern treaty or unilateral declaration from the French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, German, Dutch, Danish or Ottoman Turkish into English
- positive evaluation of the written exam, which counts for two thirds of the final grade
Examination topics
- the subject matter covered during the lecture
- reading assignments on the e-learning platform
- reading assignments on the e-learning platform
Reading list
- literature as provided on moodle
Association in the course directory
MA Geschichte; APMG Neuzeit; Exkursion und transdisziplinäre Öffnung; Geschichte der Neuzeit im transdisziplinären Kontext(4 ECTS)| MA Zeitgeschichte;Disziplinäre und transdisziplinäre Kontexte; Zeitgeschichte im transdisziplinären Kontext (4 ECTS)
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