Effects of Lawfare: Courts and law as battlegrounds for social change

Language of instruction

English

Course content

The digital course offers an introduction to the debates on the potential and limits of law as an instrument of social change, and opportunities to engage with some of the foremost scholars in the field, and international research projects currently seeking better answers to these questions.

Learning outcomes

Full course (10 ECTS):

Upon successful completion of this course the participants should be able to:

• provide an overview on the debates on the potential and limits of law as an instrument of social change
• demonstrate a thorough understanding of the accelerating juridification and judicialisation of societies and of politics
• analyze law as a political field

Partial course (3 ECTS):

Upon successful completion of this course the participants should be able to:

• provide an overview on the debates on the potential and limits of law as an instrument of social change
• demonstrate a thorough understanding of the accelerating juridification and judicialisation of societies and of politics

Study period

New dates: 15 August - 30 August 2022 (preparatory period from 8 August)

Credits (ECTS)

The full course yields 10 ECTS (participation, paper abstract, presentation and paper, 4-6000 words)

Partial course yields 3 ECTS points (participation, paper abstract and presentation)

Course registration and deadlines

The application deadline is 1 June, 2022.

Please register here

Submission of paper by 15 October, 2022

Form of assessment

10 ECTS (full course):

• Paper (article journal draft, 4-6000 words with an additional reading list of 500 pages, which can be from the elective reading list) submitted by 15. October 2022
• Participation in the course (80% of seminars)
• Submission of paper abstract (150-300 words)
• Presentation of their own work

3 ECTS (partial course):

• Participation in the course (80% of seminars)
• Presentation of their own work
• Submission of paper abstract (150-300 words)

Who may participate

PhD students. Postdoctoral researchers and MA level students will be accepted if space permits.

Programme

See full program attached

Contact

Anna Kristina Polster (UiB) (Anna.Polster@uib.no)

Course Coordinator: Lara Côrtes (lara.b.cortes@uib.no)

Contact person for students: Giedre Seduikiene: giedre.seduikiene@uib.no

Academic responsibility

Siri Gloppen

Lecturers

Professors Siri Gloppen, Marit Skivenes and Lise Rakner (UiB), Bruce Wilson (UCF)

Reading list

Reading list attached

Course location

Hybrid course: Zoom and University of Bergen

(for venues see Bergen Exchanges 2022 program)