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030485 KU History of Ideas in Legal Philosophy: Antiquity and Middle Ages (2024W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
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).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 15.10. 09:30 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
  • Tuesday 22.10. 09:30 - 12:00 Hörsaal U21 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG2
  • Tuesday 29.10. 09:30 - 12:00 Hörsaal U21 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG2
  • Tuesday 05.11. 09:30 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
  • Tuesday 12.11. 09:30 - 12:00 Hörsaal U21 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG2
  • Tuesday 03.12. 09:30 - 12:00 Hörsaal U21 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG2
  • Tuesday 10.12. 09:30 - 12:00 Hörsaal U21 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG2

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course deals with exemplary approaches to the history of ancient and medieval political ideas. The authors covered are in particular Plato, Aristocrates, Cicero, Augustine and Thomas Aquinas.

Assessment and permitted materials

Presentations, participation, short reflection texts, written exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Two reflection texts
Presentation (optional): Structured presentation, which conveys the content of texts in a comprehensible way ("close reading"). People delivering a presentation only have two write one reflective text.
Exam: concise response to questions, ability to look at and discuss them from different perspectives.

Assessment criteria: You can achieve a maximum of 24 points in the examination; a maximum of 8 points for each of the two reflection texts.
20 points or more: Sufficient; 25 points or more: Satisfactory; from 30 points: Good; from 35 points: Very good.

Examination topics

Those texts that are made available via Moodle and marked as exam material.

Reading list

Selected chapters from Ottmann, Geschichte des politischen Denkens (in German):
- Volume 1.1 The Greeks. From Homer to Socrates
- Volume 1.2 The Greeks. From Plato to Hellenism
- Volume 2.1 The Romans
- Volume 2.2 The Middle Ages

Association in the course directory

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