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Philosophical Issues in Law
Last Updated Date:   4 July 2025


5 Units,  Semester 2

Course Description:
The law raises a number of philosophical puzzles and conceptual issues which this course will address. Examples include rules and rule-following, the nature of rights, practical reason, legal concepts and conceptual analysis, customs and conventions, casuistic reasoning, authority, morality and the law, justice, in particular remedial injustice, crime and punishment, and sex, gender and the law.

Course Convenor: Prof James Penner, Kwa Geok Choo Professor of Property Law

Co-teacher(s): NA

Course Codes: LL4541V / LL5541V / LL6541V / LLJ5541V

Contact Hours: 3-hr weekly seminar

Workload: 3 hours

Mode of Assessment: Class participation - 40% & Final Essay - 60% [Due: Wed, 15 April 2026 (9am)]

Preclusions: Nil

Prerequisites: NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or common law equivalent.

Examination Date: Different Mode of Examination

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