College Pathway Programs - Pathway Program in Law (Session 1)

What is law, in theory and practice? This course introduces students to ways of thinking about issues of law and legal legitimacy, particularly as they relate to the work of judges. First, we will study different schools of thought about what law “is” -- whether we can lay claim to a “higher law” which determines human and civil rights, for example, or whether law is simply an expression of a source of authority’s political force and will -- and the process through which legal determinations should be made.