https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/LEGS5429?type=COREThis course aims to provide students with an introduction to key positions and authors in the philosophy of law. At the heart of the course is the question, what is the nature of the obligation created by law and how do we understand its claim to authority? What are the foundations of the effectiveness - if any - of a legal order? In attempting to answer these questions, we will examine works by, among others, Finnis, Kelsen, Hart, Dworkin, and authors writing from within contemporary debates in legal theory. Students doing the course will improve their literacy and their conceptual and analytical agility, and be encouraged to think about how these theoretical texts can (or cannot) shed light on specific problems in law.