About Exploring legal meaning

What does law mean? Where does it come from and what does it do? This course uses a number of different perspectives to explore the place and meaning of law in the modern world. You will gain a broad understanding of how law works in different contexts and how its role can be understood from historical, social, political, and international perspectives. Throughout the course examples will be used to explore and illustrate these different perspectives. The examples range from areas such as the debate surrounding criminal responsibility of children to regulation of medical professionals and measures to tackle international corruption.