MVV33K Law and the Arts

Faculty of Law
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Markéta Štěpáníková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Věra Šilingrová
Timetable
Mon 16:40–18:10 124
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MVV33K/01: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. each even Tuesday 18:15–19:45 214, M. Škop
MVV33K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Škop
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will be able to: understand basic approaches to understand law (or legal science) by the arts; explain approaches to law and to critically analyze legal texts and legal practice; interpret some contemporary legal movements and approaches; use information about law not from legal documents; make decisions about position of law in society.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the course; the theoretical approach of the topics law and fine arts. (Boyd White, Law and Literature, Law as Literature,…).
  • Paraphrases of the freedom: F. M. Dostojevskij: The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment.
  • "Is there possible any justice without virtues?" – F. Dürrenmat: Der Richter und sein Henker and Der Besuch der alten Dame.
  • The Fight for law: W. Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice, R. v. Ihering: Der Kampf ums Recht.
  • The Justice as Humanity: Karel Čapek.
  • Symbolism of Justice.
  • Symbolism of Justice in architecture of court buildings.
  • The look at law in literature.
  • The problem of Truth. Sofoklés: Oidipus: Rex, Foucault.
  • Law and Music.
  • Law and estethic of digital media.
  • The Individual nad Legal System; Kafka, Camus, Sartre.
  • The end of the course; evaluation.
Literature
  • HOLLÄNDER, Pavel. Filosofie práva. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2006, 303 s. ISBN 8086898962. info
  • ŠKOP, Martin. Právo v postmoderní situaci (Law in Postmodern Situation). Law in Postmodern Situation. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 191 pp. Spisy Právnické fakulty MU č. 324. ISBN 978-80-210-4543-9. info
  • ŠKOP, Martin. Dílo Franze Kafky jako postmoderní právní metafora. Právník. Praha: Academia, 2004, Roč. 143, č. 12, p. 1225-1239. ISSN 0324-7007. info
Teaching methods
teoretical preparation consisting in reading pieces of artificial literature; lectures; disputable seminars
Assessment methods
Seminal papers assessed on the basis of the ability of student to understand specific relations in the area of law and the arts (6).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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