MV920Zk Integrated Refugee Law Course

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Dalibor Jílek, CSc. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Věra Šilingrová
Prerequisites
(NOW( MV920Z Refugee Law Course - sem. ) && NOW_LIMIT( MV920Z Refugee Law Course - sem. )) || MV920Z Refugee Law Course - sem.
The students are expected to be at intermediate level of English and interested in current refugee issues and to comply with the credit requirements.
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
The examination tests the students abilities to prove their language awareness as well as the ability to discuss the subject-matter concerned.
Syllabus
  • Integrated Refugee Law Course provides an introduction to refugee issues as one of the options within International Public Law. It integrates the theory, practice and legal counselling with the development of language competence and academic skills in the very specific context of current refugee problems. The course consists of English for Specific Purposes seminars combined with practical workshops. The practical workshops aim at the application of the team-teaching method, with the assistance of ESP teachers, Internationalists and Refugee Practitioners, towards asylum procedures simulation and domestic law application in accordance with international instruments, refugee protection or case studies. Literature used: Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status kolektiv: Integrated Refugee Law Course Budíková,Chovanec: Refugee Law Dictionary
Literature
  • Materiály připravené pro seminární výuku podzim 2003
  • BUDÍKOVÁ, Barbora and Jan CHOVANEC. Anglicko-český slovník uprchlického práva (English-Czech Dictionary of Refugee Law). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 56 pp. Edice učebnice PrF MU č. 240. ISBN 80-210-2235-3. info
  • BUDÍKOVÁ, Barbora, Eva HRADILOVÁ, Dalibor JÍLEK, Hana KATRŇÁKOVÁ, Peter VAN KRIEKEN, Radoslava ŠOPOVOVÁ and Dirk VANHEULE. Integrated English Language Course in Refugee Law. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 152 pp. Edice učebnic PrF MU v Brně ; č.228. ISBN 80-210-2163-2. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
The students are expected to sit for an oral examination and discuss the current problems based on the Handbook and a particular case.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: The students are expected to sit for the examination in January or February 2003
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: This course has been introduced thanks to the kind sponsorship of Jan Hus Educational Foundation.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002.
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