Costas Douzinas
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Costas Douzinas is Professor
of Law and Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London
. He is well known for his work in Human Rights
, Aesthetics
, Postmodern Legal Theory and Political Philosophy
. He was deeply involved in the British Critical Legal Studies
Movement from the outset and was part of the team which set up the Birkbeck School of Law.
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of Law and Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It offers many Master's and Bachelor's degree programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all teaching is...
. He is well known for his work in Human Rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
, Aesthetics
Aesthetics
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
, Postmodern Legal Theory and Political Philosophy
Political philosophy
Political philosophy is the study of such topics as liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of a legal code by authority: what they are, why they are needed, what, if anything, makes a government legitimate, what rights and freedoms it should protect and why, what form it...
. He was deeply involved in the British Critical Legal Studies
Critical legal studies
Critical legal studies is a movement in legal thought that applied methods similar to those of critical theory to law. The abbreviations "CLS" and "Crit" are sometimes used to refer to the movement and its adherents....
Movement from the outset and was part of the team which set up the Birkbeck School of Law.
External links
- Critical Legal Thinking
- Birkbeck Institute of the Humanities, Biography
- Interview with Costas Douzinas at Ràdio Web MACBA (2010)
- The Mediterranean to Come An essay by Costas Douzinas for MACBA's Quaderns Portátils series (2010)