Law

Power, the State and the Individual

Module code: M3477
Level 4
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Seminar
Assessment modes: Essay

On this module, you’ll explore how power operates in relation to law, society, the state, governance and rights. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches—including legal, political, critical, social, feminist, and postcolonial theory—you’ll examine how power functions within modern states and intersects with global political, legal, cultural, gender and economic relations.

You’ll consider both theoretical and historical accounts of legitimacy, democracy, globalisation and human rights.

Pre-requisite

Public Law 1 (M3406)

Module learning outcomes

• Understand the basic theoretical principles that apply to power, rights and the modern state.
• Understand the core elements of legal, political, critical, social, feminist and postcolonial theory.
• Develop arguments that apply a knowledge of theory to an analysis of power, rights and the modern state.
• Analyse and examine contemporary problems related to power and governance.