NVV24Zk Legal Informatics in Public Administration

Faculty of Law
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Mgr. Jakub Harašta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
Prerequisites
!OBOR(PR) && !OBOR(PR01) && ! NV205K Legal Informatics
Basic computer literacy.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course's main objective is to deepen practical skills and orientation in using various legal information systems.
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.
    recommended literature
  • ŠAVELKA, Jaromír, Matěj MYŠKA, Adam PTAŠNIK a Danuše SPÁČILOVÁ. Právní informační systémy. Vyd. 1. Brno: Tribun EU, 2011. 259 s. ISBN 978-80-7399-248-4.
Teaching methods
Lectures supported by e-learning materials (via interactive syllabus). Online tests (ROPOTs) for self-study evaluation. ROPOT feedback. Exam focusing on theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
Assessment methods
To successfully complete this course, students are required to fulfil all the requirements set in detail in the interactive syllabus (online tests, exam).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2026, recent)
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