MV425K Legal Informatics

Faculty of Law
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Danuše Spáčilová (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Adam Ptašnik, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kateřina Drábková (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Šavelka, Ph.D. (assistant)
JUDr. Mgr. Antonín Špiruda, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Marie Zejdová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Danuše Spáčilová
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Věra Šilingrová
Timetable
Mon 23. 2. to Fri 22. 5. Tue 13:30–15:00 140
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MV320K Legal Informatics
Více informací o vztahu k předmětu Cvičení z Právní informatiky najdete ve studijních materiálech
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 180 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/180, only registered: 0/180
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The course aims to develop awareness about methods of searching for legal documents in libraries, electronic databases, automated systems and internet portals. Students that pass the course shall be able to:
handle the Czech and European legal information resources;
undertake practical training in Practice in Legal Informatics (MP312K a MP414K);
creatively search and use various sources for further studies (research, citations).
Syllabus
  • Introduction to basics of ICT – general terms, data, information, systems
  • Sources of information and information institutions. Electronic libraries, on-line catalogues, legal databases. Researching, citation rules, examples of citing legal documents.
  • History of local and international legal information systems.
  • Legal texts and legal documents. Czech law and historici and recent publication platforms. Contents of legal information systems.
  • General conditions of searching legal information systems. Conditions for queries. Fulltext searches.
  • Working with researched documents, links, hypertext links. Further possibilities of legal information systems – bookmarks, notes, own databases, printing.
  • Complete presentation of systems ASPI, Codexis a LexDATA, Introduction to LexGalaxy, Konzultant, EPIS.
  • Further resources and aids for legal practice. Comparison of systems according to the mass of information on Czech and European law, legal literature and case-law. Search for case-law in legal information systems and on the internet, Eur-Lex.
  • Search tools on the internet, legal portals. Information systems of the public administration, registries.
Literature
  • CEJPEK, Jiří. Úvod do právní informatiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 94 s. ISBN 8071843369. info
  • CVRČEK, František and František NOVÁK. Základy právní informatiky. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 99 s. ISBN 8021005335. info
  • PTAŠNIK, Adam. Automatizované zpracování právních textů. 2006. info
  • POLČÁK, Radim. Současnost a perspektivy právní informatiky ve vztahu k judikatuře (Reality and tendencies of legal informatics in relation to case-law). In Judikatura a právní argumentace. Praha: AUDITORIUM, 2006, p. 143-147. AUDITORIUm, 1. ISBN 80-903786-0-9. info
  • Ostatní studijní literatura bude studentům poskytnuta prostřednictvím interaktivní osnovy
Assessment methods
The course consists of lectures and is concluded by a colloquium. The prerequisite for accessing the colloquium is a test of theoretic knowledge gained during the semester. The colloquium is then awarded upon elaboration and presentation of a recherché to the chosen topic
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je teoretickým základem pro Cvičení z Právní informatiky.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
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