PrF:MP222K Academical Writing - Course Information

MP222K Academical Writing

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Karin Brzobohatá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Lukáš Hlouch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ing. Libor Kyncl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vít Křížka (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Martina Cirbusová, Ph.D. (assistant)
doc. JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D. (assistant)
JUDr. PhDr. Jakub Valc, Ph.D., LL.M. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Jelínková
Supplier department: Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law

Timetable of Seminar Groups

MP222K/01: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Mon 15:05–16:35 257, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, M. Večeřa
MP222K/02: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Mon 16:40–18:10 257, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, L. Kyncl, M. Večeřa
MP222K/03: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Mon 18:15–19:45 257, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, L. Kyncl, M. Večeřa
MP222K/04: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Tue 11:10–12:40 148, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, L. Hlouch, V. Křížka, T. Machalová
MP222K/05: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Tue 15:05–16:35 025, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, L. Hlouch, V. Křížka
MP222K/06: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Wed 9:35–11:05 209, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, L. Hlouch, V. Křížka, T. Machalová, M. Škop, M. Večeřa
MP222K/07: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Thu 8:00–9:30 148, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, T. Machalová, M. Večeřa
MP222K/08: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Thu 9:35–11:05 148, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, M. Večeřa
MP222K/09: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Thu 11:10–12:40 160, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, M. Večeřa
MP222K/10: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Thu 13:30–15:00 160, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, M. Večeřa
MP222K/11: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Tue 13:30–15:00 124, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, L. Hlouch, V. Křížka
MP222K/12: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Wed 8:00–9:30 209, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, T. Machalová, M. Škop, M. Večeřa
MP222K/13: No timetable has been entered into IS. T. Machalová

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 246 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/246, only registered: 0/246

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)

Course objectives

At the end of the course students should be able to:
a) prepare and write an expert text or paper;
b) put into practice the basic methods of academic writing;
c) analyze the legal cases;
d) respect the ethical rules of academic writing;

Syllabus

• The course covers topics such as:
• A) Preparation for writing projects;
• - choose issue and problems,
• - formulate the important questions and hypothesis,
• - adopt the paragraphs and structure for analysis,
• - ethical rules of legal writing,
• - footnotes and quotations;
• B) Style and methods of legal writing:
• - style of legal writing;
• - structure and evaluation of legal arguments, models of legal argumentation and justification,
• - How to write a legal argument?
• the important legal methods,
• C)Legal research:
• - researching legal concept, case law, judicial opinions, statute, regulations and other legal information;

Literature

• will be added by teacher
• ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 209 pp. Studijní texty, 34. svazek. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info
• ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info

Teaching methods

lectures and class discussion

Assessment methods

six written homeworks and final project

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
  
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