Human Rights in Legal Theory

Study:	Civil Law - 9. semester Commercial Law - 9. semester Constitutional-Administrative - 9. semester Criminal Law - 9. semester International Law - 9. semester The European Union Law - 9. semester
Code:	191364
ECTS:	4.0
Course coordinators:	doc. dr. sc. Mario Krešić izv. prof. dr. sc. Barbara Preložnjak

Literature:
Dworkin, R.; Prava kao aduti, u: Matulović, M. (ur.), Ljudska prava: zbornik tekstova iz suvremenih teorija ljudskih prava; Izdavački centar, Rijeka (1992), str. 93-105 Gerwith, A.; Osnova I sadržaj ljudskih prava, u: Matulović, M. (ur.), Ljudska prava: zbornik tekstova iz suvremenih teorija ljudskih prava; Izdavački centar, Rijeka (1992), str. 105-127 Hart, H. L. A.; Postoje li neka prirodna prava, u: Matulović, M. (ur.), Ljudska prava: zbornik tekstova iz suvremenih teorija ljudskih prava; Izdavački centar, Rijeka (1992), str. 67-77 Hart, H. L. A.; Između korisnosti i prava, u: Matulović, M. (ur.), Ljudska prava: zbornik tekstova iz suvremenih teorija ljudskih prava; Izdavački centar, Rijeka (1992), str. 77-93 MacDonald, M.; Prirodna prava, u: Matulović, M. (ur.), Ljudska prava: zbornik tekstova iz suvremenih teorija ljudskih prava; Izdavački centar, Rijeka (1992), str. 41-57 Mackie, J. L.; Može li postojati moralna teorija utemeljena na pravu?, u: Matulović, M. (ur.), Ljudska prava: zbornik tekstova iz suvremenih teorija ljudskih prava; Izdavački centar, Rijeka (1992), str. 145-157 Matulović, M.; Uvod: suvremene teorije ljudskih prava, u: Matulović, M. (ur.), Ljudska prava: zbornik tekstova iz suvremenih teorija ljudskih prava; Izdavački centar, Rijeka (1992), str. 9-41 Raz, J.; Moralnosti utemeljene na pravu, u: Matulović, M. (ur.), Ljudska prava: zbornik tekstova iz suvremenih teorija ljudskih prava,; Izdavački centar, Rijeka (1992), str. 157-173 Rawls, J.; Teorija građanske neposlušnosti, u: Matulović, M. (ur.), Ljudska prava: zbornik tekstova iz suvremenih teorija ljudskih prava; Izdavački centar, Rijeka (1992), str. 127-145 Wellman, C.; Nova koncepcija ljudskih prava, u: Matulović, M. (ur.), Ljudska prava: zbornik tekstova iz suvremenih teorija ljudskih prava; Izdavački centar, Rijeka (1992), str. 57-67 Dworkin, R.; Shvaćanje prava ozbiljno; Kruzak (2003) Gerwith, A.; Human Rights: Essays on Justification and Applications; University of Chicago Press (1982) Hohfeld, W. N.; Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning; Yale Law Journal (1923), str. 19-59 Matulović, M.; Ljudska prava: uvod u teoriju ljudskih prava; Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo (1996) Rawls, J.; Teorija pravde; Feniks knjiga (2017) Šimonović, I.; Dolazi li razdoblje ljudskih prava i vladavine prava?; Revus (2012), str. 7-14 Waldron, J.; Human Rights: A Critique of the Raz/Rawls Approach; New York University Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers, Paper 405 (2013) Bulygin E.; Il positivismo giuridico; Giuristi stranieri di oggi (2007), str. 187-197 Bobbio, N.; Dvanaest eseja o ljudskim pravima; Službeni glasnik (2008)
Optional literature:
Burazin, L.; Conflicts between Fundamental Rights Norms, u: D. Duarte, J. S. Sampaio (ur.), Proportionality in Law; Springer (2018), str. 111-117 Krešić, M.; Koncept kvazisudbenog procesa u međunarodnom pravu; Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta u Splitu (2014), str. 101-118 Krešić, M.; Zgombić, T.; Pravo na obrazovanje i Dworkinova teorija političkih prava; Hrvatska pravna revija (2014), str. 1-13 Nino, C. S.; The Ethics of Human Rights; Springer (1991) Preložnjak, B.; Teorijska osnova za vrednovanje sustava besplatne pravne pomoći i njezina primjena na aktualno uređenje u Hrvatskoj; Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu (2016), str. 811-830 Raz, J.; Human Rights Without Foundations; Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14 (2007), str. 1-21

Description:

The main objective of the course is to gain knowledge of basic theoretical and metatheoretical concepts of human rights. The course will primarily provide students with insights into the issues of justification, content and conflict of human rights (so-called issues within human rights theory) and about the structure and method of human rights theory (so-called human rights theory questions). From this philosophical point of view, the following questions will be considered: "Why do people have human rights and what human rights do they have?", "What does it mean for a person to have a human right?", "Is a human rights limitation allowed and justified?" , "What function and place do human rights have in theory?", "How does theory come to know about human rights?".
The acquired knowledge will serve as a unique tool for judges to independently identify and critically explain complex human rights legal issues.

Cognitive Skills:

Intellectual (cognitive) skills:
After successfully completing the course the student will be able to:
1. Describe, explain and critically evaluate the arguments for justifying human rights
2. analyze the content of individual human rights
3. Describe and explain ways to resolve human rights conflicts
4. Describe the structure and methods of understanding human rights theory
5. Increase the ability to define problems, to apply methods of legal reasoning and to argumenting the standpoints.

Practical and Generic Skills:

Practical and generic skills:
After successfully completing the course the student will increase:
1. the ability to identify and summarize key facts and elements;
2. ability to systematically and meaningfully argue position;
3. the capacity for legal reasoning;
4. the ability to express themselves in writing.

Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:

The philosophy of human rights has been shaped as a separate and important discipline that deals with topics of justification of human rights, the content of human rights by analyzing fundamental subjective legal positions, conflicts of human rights, the structure of human rights theory and the method of cognition of human rights. Therefore this program-level course contributes to:
1. understanding the basic role and function of human rights theory,
2. acquiring knowledge of different theoretical and metatheoretical concepts of human rights (justification, content, conflict, structure and methods of human rights),
3. the application of theoretical knowledge to legal reasoning about specific problems.

Consultations schedule:

doc. dr. sc. Mario Krešić:

Wednesday at 10:00

Location: Gundulićeva 10, room 20
izv. prof. dr. sc. Barbara Preložnjak:
Tuesdays 12:00 am

Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 27/II