MP221K Legal Informatics

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Mgr. Jakub Harašta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. MgA. Jakub Míšek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tereza Novotná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Andrej Krištofík (assistant)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Mgr. Jakub Harašta, Ph.D.
Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Tereza Buchalová
Supplier department: Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MP221K/01: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Monday 12:00–13:40 024, J. Harašta
MP221K/02: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Monday 12:00–13:40 024, J. Harašta
MP221K/03: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Monday 14:00–15:40 024, J. Harašta
MP221K/04: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Monday 14:00–15:40 024, J. Harašta
MP221K/05: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Monday 16:00–17:40 024, T. Novotná
MP221K/06: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Monday 16:00–17:40 024, T. Novotná
MP221K/07: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Tuesday 10:00–11:40 024, J. Míšek
MP221K/08: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Tuesday 10:00–11:40 024, J. Míšek
MP221K/09: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Tuesday 12:00–13:40 024, J. Míšek
MP221K/10: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Tuesday 12:00–13:40 024, J. Míšek
MP221K/11: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Tuesday 14:00–15:40 024, T. Novotná
MP221K/12: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Tuesday 14:00–15:40 024, T. Novotná
MP221K/13: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Tuesday 16:00–17:40 024, T. Novotná
MP221K/14: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Tuesday 16:00–17:40 024, T. Novotná
MP221K/15: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Harašta
Prerequisites
! MP312K Legal Informatics - practice && ! MP314K Legal Informatics && ! MP414K Legal Informatics - practice && ! CM312K Legal informatics - practice && ! CM414K Legal informatics - practice && ! MV425K Legal Informatics && ! MV320K Legal Informatics
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 285 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 283/285, only registered: 114/285
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_) (2)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)
Course objectives
The course's main objective is to obtain basic practical skills and orientation in using various sources of legal information.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- understand the basic functionalities of information systems and use them to describe a specific legal information system
- search for acts and other related documents in ASPI, Codexis, Beck-online and Zakony pro lidi systems
- work with publicly available databases of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court
- work with EUR-Lex and CURIA databases
- work with the HUDOC database
- understand both the pros and cons of using generative artificial intelligence tools for legal information retrieval
- evaluate the reliability and timeliness of the information found and cite documents correctly
- solve simple examples using legal information systems.
- conduct legal research on a given legal problem.
Syllabus
  • Seminars: 1. Sources of law vs. sources of legal information. Retrieval of legal information from different sources. Hierarchy of legal rules. Hierarchy of court decisions. Data and metadata. Basic search/retrieval.
  • 2. Reading legislation (legislative-technical structure, hypertext). Reading court decision (decision structure). Legal sentences.
  • 3. ASPI. Query structuring. Structured approach to search/retrieval.
  • 4. Beck-online. Document relevance.
  • 5. Codexis and Zakony pro lidi. Difference outcomes of querying different databases.
  • 6. Research algoritmization (process, goals). Systems/databases selection. Role of Generative AI. Evaluation of sources.
Literature
    required literature
  • Vzhledem k dovednostní povaze kurzu budou výuková materiály zadávány primárně skrze interaktivní osnovu kurzu.
Teaching methods
Seminars in computer lab. Self-study and reading. Online tests for continuous evaluation. Term paper.
Assessment methods
To successfully complete this course, students are required to fulfil all the requirements set in detail in the e-learning application (attendance, online tests, term paper). Individual arrangements are preferred for students with permitted ISP (compensation of attendance with other requirements).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Předmět je určen pro nejvýše pro polovinu ročníku. Je prerekvizitou pro státní závěrečnou zkoušku.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026.
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