MP315K Academical Writing

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 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)
JUDr. Ing. Libor Kyncl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Karin Brzobohatá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vít Křížka (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Martina Cirbusová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Bc. Monika Hanych, Ph.D., LL.M. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Jelínková
Supplier department: Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MP315K/01: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Mon 8:00–9:30 257, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, M. Večeřa
MP315K/02: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Mon 9:35–11:05 257, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, M. Večeřa
MP315K/03: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Mon 11:10–12:40 257, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, M. Večeřa
MP315K/04: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Mon 13:30–15:00 259, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová
MP315K/05: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Mon 15:05–16:35 259, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, L. Kyncl
MP315K/06: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Tue 8:00–9:30 160, K. Brzobohatá, M. Hanych, L. Hlouch, T. Machalová
MP315K/07: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Tue 9:35–11:05 140, K. Brzobohatá, M. Hanych, L. Hlouch, T. Machalová
MP315K/08: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Tue 13:30–15:00 302, K. Brzobohatá, L. Hlouch, T. Machalová
MP315K/09: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Wed 8:00–9:30 160, K. Brzobohatá, L. Hlouch, T. Machalová, M. Večeřa
MP315K/10: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Wed 9:35–11:05 034, K. Brzobohatá, L. Hlouch, T. Machalová, M. Večeřa
MP315K/11: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Mon 16:40–18:10 136, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, L. Kyncl
MP315K/12: No timetable has been entered into IS. T. Machalová
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 220 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/220, only registered: 0/220
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:
a) prepare and write an expert 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
six written homeworks and final project
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
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 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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