Law, Terror and State Power
- Module Code:
- 155200091
- Credits:
- 15
- FHEQ Level:
- 6
- Year of study:
- Final Year
- Taught in:
- Term 2
- The legacy of colonial responses to revolutionary violence in different colonial contexts responses. In particular we look at how modern anti-terror laws are progeny of these responses by colonial states to revolutionary violence
- The social life of anti-terror laws. What is the impact of anti-terror laws in different communities? We look at how anti-terror laws unfold in everyday contexts, how they are imbricated in discourses of nationalism, and how they result in the creation of suspect communities.
- Theories of sovereignty and violence. Underlying this module are theoretical links between sovereignty and violence. We look three ways of imagining state power after the war on terror: the state of exception, hyperlegality and governmentality, and bipolarity.
Objectives and learning outcomes of the module
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Understand contemporary anti-terror laws within a historical context
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Understand the impact of anti-terror legislation on democracy, rights and communities
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Understand theoretical approaches to understanding the relationshp between law and violence
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Ability to critically assess anti-terror laws and policies
Method of assessment
- One Essay Outline (500 words): 10%
- Reaction papers: 10%
- One Essay (3,000 words): 80%