PrF:MVV93K Legal Aspects of Expert Texts - Course Information
MVV93K Legal Aspects of Expert Texts
Faculty of LawAutumn 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Mgr. Jakub Harašta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Pavel Loutocký, Ph.D., BA (Hons) (seminar tutor)
JUDr. MgA. Jakub Míšek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Bc. Markéta Štěpáníková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Michal Malaník, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Jelínková
Supplier department: Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- MVV93K/01: Mon 3. 10. to Fri 23. 12. each even Wednesday 15:05–16:35 160, M. Myška
MVV93K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Myška - Prerequisites
- The course is recommended primarily for students of master's degree in law. Basic knowledge of the subjects taught in the first three years is expected. Basic knowledge of text editors and advanced knowledge of English is recommended.
- 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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25 - 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: understand the legal and ethical demands placed on scientific text; use information about professional texts to develop such a text; research available databases and manage scientific sources; create scientific text; to make and present reasoned decisions about professional texts; interpret the processes of scientific work and the creation of an academic text.
- Syllabus
- I. "Define the research question" - creation of academic texts, methodology, ethical issues
- II. "Argue" - the basic structure of legal argumentation, argumentation fouls, the role of case law in argumentation
- III. "Finding Credible Sources" - databases available at MU, legal research, freely accessible repositories of scientific papres and their legal aspects
- IV. "Using sources" introduction to legal informatics, copyright and personal information management
- V. "Discuss" - internal review, review, defending your work
- VI. "Present" - presentation of results, dealing with peer reviews, defending the argumentation, selection of an appropriate publication platform, science and research evaluation in the Czech Republic
- Literature
- recommended literature
- CAMERON, Catherine J. and Lance N. LONG. The science behind the art of legal writing. Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2015, xi, 144. ISBN 9781611630145. info
- not specified
- Bude doplněno vyučujícím po zahájení kurzu.
- Teaching methods
- Class discussion, practical application of theoretical knowledge, controlled creation of scientific text
- Assessment methods
- Evaluation of fulfillment of the partial tasks, presentation, defense and evaluation of the seminar (scientific) paper (colloquium)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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