The History of Political-Legal Doctrines as a Subject Taught at Law Department of University. The Analysis of the Results of Studies of First Year Students’ Opinion at Law and Administration Department of University of Rzeszów Cover Image

Historia doktryn polityczno-prawnych jako przedmiot wykładany na studiach prawniczych. Analiza wyników badań opinii studentów pierwszego roku Wydziału Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
The History of Political-Legal Doctrines as a Subject Taught at Law Department of University. The Analysis of the Results of Studies of First Year Students’ Opinion at Law and Administration Department of University of Rzeszów

Author(s): Marcin Niemczyk
Subject(s): Law and Transitional Justice, Higher Education , State/Government and Education, Sociology of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej

Summary/Abstract: Many years old model of teaching at university level as we know today is becoming more and more out-of-date. The need of greater correlation of academic education with practical skills demands a sensible connection of teaching contents of both dogmatic and no dogmatic character. The purpose of this article is the presentation and analysis of survey research dealing with the students’ opinion about the history of political-legal doctrines as a subject taught at law department. Thus, the main idea of the research is to answer a question: What is the significance of the history of political-legal doctrines for the intellectual development of future lawyers and what is the role of those doctrines in context of the present issues involving state and law? The carried out research and the results allow us to formulate the following conclusions: 1) the history of political-legal doctrines should be a subject taught at law department and has a positive influence on the education of future lawyers; 2) the intellectual meetings of the students with the creators of political-legal doctrines present them with the inspiration, enable the formation of ethically valuable attitudes or create the possibility to alter or modify their own ideas; 3) the history of political-legal doctrines makes it possible to understand or interpret contemporary legal and political events and those doctrines influence the creation and application of law as well as formulating analytical and critical abilities of law students; 4) beyond legal professional activities where the qualifications acquired thanks to the history of political-legal doctrines may be useful are: politics, economy and administration. As you can see, the studies confirm the thesis that the knowledge, abilities and competence acquired thanks to the studies of the history of political-legal doctrines make valuable component of legal education.

  • Issue Year: 60/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 191-209
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish