CM315K Academical Writing

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Lukáš Hlouch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ing. Libor Kyncl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Šavelka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Richard Fiebig (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Bouda (assistant)
Mgr. Ing. Martina Cirbusová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Veronika Kozlová (assistant)
JUDr. Ing. et Ing. Roman Ondrýsek, Ph.D., MBA (assistant)
Mgr. Vojtěch Pospíšil (assistant)
JUDr. Bc. Markéta Štěpáníková, Ph.D. (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
CM315K/01: Mon 1. 10. to Fri 21. 12. Wed 15:05–16:35 030, P. Bouda, M. Cirbusová, R. Fiebig, V. Kozlová, L. Kyncl, T. Machalová, R. Ondrýsek
CM315K/02: Mon 1. 10. to Fri 21. 12. Thu 15:05–16:35 257, P. Bouda, M. Cirbusová, R. Fiebig, V. Kozlová, L. Kyncl, T. Machalová, R. Ondrýsek, M. Štěpáníková
CM315K/03: Mon 1. 10. to Fri 21. 12. Wed 18:15–19:45 258, P. Bouda, M. Cirbusová, M. Hapla, V. Kozlová, T. Machalová, M. Štěpáníková
CM315K/04: Mon 1. 10. to Fri 21. 12. Thu 16:40–18:10 302, P. Bouda, M. Cirbusová, M. Hapla, V. Kozlová, T. Machalová, M. Štěpáníková
CM315K/05: 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.
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
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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