CM221K Legal Informatics

Faculty of Law
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Danuše Spáčilová (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Georgala (lecturer)
JUDr. Mgr. Jakub Harašta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Danuše Spáčilová
Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Jelínková
Supplier department: Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 24. 2. to Fri 23. 5. each odd Wednesday 16:40–18:10 315
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
CM221K/01: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. each even Wednesday 11:10–12:40 020, D. Spáčilová
CM221K/02: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. each even Wednesday 13:30–15:00 020, D. Spáčilová
CM221K/03: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. each odd Wednesday 15:05–16:35 020, M. Myška, D. Spáčilová
CM221K/04: No timetable has been entered into IS. D. Spáčilová
Prerequisites
! MPV01Z Legal informatics - practice && ! MP312K Legal Informatics - practice && ! MPV01Zk Legal informatics II && ! MP312K Legal Informatics - practice && ! MP414K Legal Informatics - practice && ! CM312K Legal informatics - practice && ! CM414K Legal informatics - practice
Basic computer literacy
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 57 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/57, only registered: 0/57
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is basic practical skills and orientation in operating various sources of legal information. After the successful pass of the course a student should be able to:
- find basic legal information on the Internet
- find laws, regulations and other legal documents using ASPI, Codexis and Beck-online systems
- evaluate a creditibility and validity of the information, correct citing the documents
- solve basic legal problems using the legal information systems
Syllabus
  • Topics of the Presentations:
  • 1. Introduction to Legal Informatics, History, State-of-the-Art, Perspectives
  • 2. ASPI Legal Information System, Access to Laws by Means of Legal Information Systems
  • 3. CODEXIS Legal Information System, Access to Court Decisions by Means of Legal Information Systems
  • 4. Beck-online Legal Information System, Access to Professional Literature by Means of Legal Information Systems
  • 5. Theoretical Foundations of Legal Informatics
  • 6. Legal Librarianship, Citations and Citation Standards
  • 7. Databases of Proffesional Literature, Access to European Union Law
  • Topics of Hands-On Sessions:
  • 1. On-line Sources of Legal Information
  • 2. ASPI
  • 3. Codexis
  • 4. Beck-online
  • 5. Access to Legal Literature, Court Decisions, EU Law, Legal Recherche
  • 6. Exercises
Literature
    recommended literature
  • CVRČEK, František. Právní informatika. Praha: Ústav státu a práva AV ČR, 2010, 371 s. ISBN 9788073802684. info
  • PTAŠNIK, Adam. Automatizované zpracování právních textů. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Key Publishing, 2007, 168 s. ISBN 9788087071472. info
Teaching methods
Presentations followed by hands-on sessions in computer lab, e-learning materials intended for home preparations, ROPOT for preparative evaluation.
Assessment methods
Student is required to collect a required number of points during the semester before she/he is allowed to undergo the colloquium. The colloquium itself consists of practical problems that can be solved by means of legal information systems. Further details can be found in the interactive syllabus.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je určen pro nejvýše pro polovinu ročníku. Je prerekvizitou pro státní závěrečnou zkoušku. Přednášky jsou realizovány formou povinně volitelného předmětu MV425K.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013.
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