MP315K Academical Writing

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Lukáš Hlouch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Nováková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Markéta Štěpáníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Terezie Smejkalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Karel Suda (assistant)
JUDr. PhDr. Jakub Valc, Ph.D., LL.M. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Tereza Buchalová
Supplier department: Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MP315K/01: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Mon 9:35–11:05 257, M. Štěpáníková
MP315K/02: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Mon 11:10–12:40 257, M. Štěpáníková
MP315K/03: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Mon 13:30–15:00 259, M. Štěpáníková
MP315K/04: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Mon 15:05–16:35 259, M. Štěpáníková
MP315K/05: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Wed 16:40–18:10 211, T. Smejkalová
MP315K/06: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Tue 11:10–12:40 302, T. Machalová, J. Nováková, M. Večeřa
MP315K/07: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Tue 13:30–15:00 302, T. Machalová, J. Nováková, M. Večeřa
MP315K/08: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Wed 8:00–9:30 160, T. Smejkalová
MP315K/09: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Wed 9:35–11:05 316, T. Smejkalová
MP315K/10: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Wed 15:05–16:35 214, T. Smejkalová
MP315K/11: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Thu 15:05–16:35 257, T. Machalová, J. Nováková, J. Valc, M. Večeřa
MP315K/13: No timetable has been entered into IS. T. Machalová, J. Nováková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MP222K Academical Writing
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 240 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/240, only registered: 0/240
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)
Course objectives
The aim of course is to help develop students their academic writting competence;
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
a) prepare and write an academic 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
- four written homeworks and four e-learning works;
- two written homeworks and one e-learning work and final project;
-fifth works and final project;
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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