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Root number
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521053 |
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Semester
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HS2026 |
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Type of course
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Allocation to subject
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Philosophy |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
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Compact course: Critical Perspectives on Criminal Law (pp, pr) |
| Description |
This course is taught by Prof. Michelle Madden Dempsey (Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law)
Registration deadline: August 24.
What is the purpose of criminal law, and whose interests does it actually protect? What role does criminalisation play in the distribution and regulation of social power, and to what extent does it sustain—or challenge—structural inequalities? The course begins with a brief review of familiar liberal theories of criminal law and punishment, in order to clarify the assumptions that critical theorists take as their starting point. It then turns to feminist, critical race, queer, disability, and critical socio-economic theories as frameworks for rethinking core concepts such as harm, culpability, violence, and dangerousness, as well as practices of policing, prosecution, sentencing, and imprisonment. Although much of the contemporary critical literature has emerged in response to the United States’ criminal legal system, the course will put these debates into dialogue with Swiss and broader European legal and political contexts. Students will develop the philosophical tools needed to analyse and evaluate criminal law doctrines, policies, and institutions, and to assess whether and under what conditions criminal law can be used to dismantle the very inequalities it has helped to entrench. |
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ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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Link to another web site
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Lecturers
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ECTS
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4 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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Yes |
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Grading
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1 to 6 |
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| Dates |
Tuesday 8/9/2026 09:15-18:00
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Wednesday 9/9/2026 09:15-18:00
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Thursday 10/9/2026 09:15-18:00
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Friday 11/9/2026 09:15-18:00
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Seminarraum 016, Mittelstrasse 43
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Seminarraum 216, Mittelstrasse 43
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Seminarraum 320, Mittelstrasse 43
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| Students please consult the detailed view for complete information on dates, rooms and planned podcasts. |
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