Law, Culture and Development

About this minor

Students must be able to apply this knowledge within their own major studies, be able to independently collect and organize information on this subject, and be able to participate in the public debate on subjects related to law, culture and development.

Final learning objectives

After successful completion of this minor, students are able to:

• Understand and describe the most important legal concepts;

• Debate the main approaches to the concept of culture;

• Identify how law works in different cultural and development contexts;

• Evaluate a number of major development problems in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and the development policies and governance needed to address them;

• Identify the interrelationships between law, culture and development;

• Apply relevant concepts to the socio-legal analysis of contemporary global social problems related to law, culture and development.

15 ECTS

Given the structure of the program and the limited number of participants, preference is given to students who follow the full minor of 30 ECTS. In case a student can only complete a maximum of 15 ECTS of electives, the student must take one of the mandatory courses ‘Law, Governance and Development’ (semester 1, block 1) or ‘Law and Culture’ (semester 2, block 1) and two of the other courses from semester 1 or 2.

These courses, once passed, will be shown as electives on your diploma.