DA2SVZ11 Introduction to Scientific Work II

Faculty of Law
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Zdeněk Kühn, Ph.D., LL.M., S. J.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Tomáš Sobek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Martina Urbanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Katarína Rusinková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Supplier department: Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as to extend the set of legal theoretical knowledge: Introduction to scientific work,citation of sources, critical legal thinking and legal argumentation. The set of lectures will be focused on topics that will help students with the writing of high-level professional texts.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able: - to apply critical thinking when working with literature; - to use arguments of legal logic when working with judicature; - to elaborate a timetable of the dissertation; - to fulfill the requirements of the citation directive.
Syllabus
  • Writing of scientific work, critical legal thinking, legal argumentation and legal logic, citation of professional sources.
Literature
    required literature
  • ALEXY, Robert. A theory of legal argumentation : the theory of rational discourse as theory of legal justification. Translated by Ruth Adler - Neil MacCormick. 1st pbk. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, xiii, 323. ISBN 9780199584222. info
    recommended literature
  • PECZENIK, Aleksander. On law and reason. [Dordrecht]: Springer, 2009, xvii, 364. ISBN 9781402087295. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, debates, individual and group consultations.
Assessment methods
Credit on the basis of a discussion on a written essay.
Language of instruction
English
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