History of Legal and Political Thought: The Foundations of Modern Legal and Political Thought 1500 - 1850
Famous representation of the different schools of Antiquity: in the centre, we recognise Plato pointing to the sky (an allusion to his theory of Ideas) and Aristotle pointing to the earth (an allusion to his concern to anchor knowledge in the examination of empirical facts). Detail of a fresco by Raphael (c. 1511).
Professeur(s) | Alexis Keller[1][2][3] |
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Cours | History of Legal and Political Thought: The Foundations of Modern Legal and Political Thought 1500 - 1850 |
Lectures
- Machiavelli and the Italian Renaissance
- The era of the Reformation
- The birth of the modern concept of the state
- John Locke and the Civil Government Debate
- Montesquieu and the definition of the Free State
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the new social contract
- The Federalist and American political theory
- John Stuart Mill, Democracy and the Limits of the Liberal State
This course is intended for students in law, international relations and political science. It provides an introduction to the history of modern legal and political thought in the West. Focusing on the emergence of the concept of the state, which took shape in the 17th century, the course covers the different currents of modern political thought, with particular emphasis on the contributions of the Reformation and authors such as Bodin, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau and the American founding fathers. Compulsory reading accompanies the course.[4]
Lectures[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
Part One - The Birth of the Concept of the State[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
Chapter I - Machiavelli and the Italian Renaissance
Chapter II - The era of the Reformation
Chapter III - The birth of the modern concept of the state
Part Two - The State and the Individual[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
Chapter IV - John Locke and the Civil Government Debate
Chapter V - Montesquieu and the definition of the Free State
Chapter VI - Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the new social contract
Part Three - Equal Rights and the Breakthrough of the Modern Liberal State[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
Chapter VII - The Federalist and American political theory
Chapter VIII - John Stuart Mill, Democracy and the Limits of the Liberal State
Annexes[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
References[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
- ↑ Alexis Keller - Wikipedia
- ↑ Alexis Keller - Faculté de droit - UNIGE
- ↑ Alexis Keller | International Center for Transitional Justice
- ↑ "Programme Des Cours." Prog Cours. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 July 2014. <http://wadme.unige.ch/pls/opprg/w_det_cours.debut?p_code_cours=J2D033&p_plan_is=0&p_langue=1&p_frame=N&p_mode=PGC&p_annee=2014&p_suffixe=&p_grtri=12282>.