MVV189K Criminal Practice & Law (EU Focus)

Faculty of Law
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
George Ellison (lecturer), doc. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D.
Department of Financial Law and Economics – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Supplier department: Department of Financial Law and Economics – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVV189K/01: Mon 26. 3. 11:10–12:40 025, 13:30–15:00 025, Tue 27. 3. 16:40–18:10 025, 18:15–19:45 025, Wed 28. 3. 11:10–12:40 025, 13:30–15:00 025, Thu 29. 3. 11:10–12:40 025, 13:30–15:00 025
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 31 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
On successful completion of the course, a student will be able to:
• Take the role of a criminal advocate from the beginning of a criminal matter and follow the legal skills process including fact management, the charges, advocacy and plea-in-mitigation before sentencing.
• Communicate effective legal knowledge, understanding and critical analysis of criminal law and criminal practice.
• Critically articulate and evaluate the applicable law in relation to criminal law offences with an EU focus.
• Understand legal ethics.
• Advocate at a Criminal Trial Presentation
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction. Analysis of Evidence & Fact Management: Your Case. Your Opponent’s Case. The Key to Success. What Really Matters? Ethics.
  • 2. The Charges and Considerations for Trial: Points of Criminal Law. How to Think like a Criminal Practitioner.
  • 3. Advocacy: The Tools of Advocacy. Focus of Argument.
  • 4. Advocacy: Theory & Practice. Plea in Mitigation
  • 5. Criminal Trial Presentation
Literature
  • See Teacher’s Information for full details
Teaching methods
lectures with discussions, presentations
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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