PrF:DA2LRM01 Legal Research Methodology I - Course Information
DA2LRM01 Legal Research Methodology I
Faculty of LawSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- prof. JUDr. David Kosař, Ph.D., LL.M., J. S. D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ladislav Vyhnánek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. PhDr. Robert Zbíral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Luboš Brim, Ph.D. (assistant)
prof. JUDr. Kateřina Ronovská, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. JUDr. PhDr. Robert Zbíral, Ph.D.
- 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
- there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to make the students acquainted with major approaches to legal research. Mainly, the following issues will be discussed: How to write a good doctrinal thesis, Case selection, Empirical legal research: qualitative methods, Empirical legal research: quantitative methods, Interdisciplinarity in law.
- Learning outcomes
- After the completion of this course, the student will:
- understand the scope andf limits of major methodological approaches to legal research
- be able to apply these methods in his/her research - Syllabus
- 1) Research in law: plurality of approaches. 2) How to write a good doctrinal thesis 3) Case selection 4) Empirical legal research: qualitative methods 5) Empirical legal research: quantitative methods 6) Interdisciplinarity in law
- Literature
- GEORGE, A. – BENNET, A. Case studies and theory development in the social sciences. Cambridge 2005; CÍSAŘ, O. Jak na výzkum v sociálních vědách?; SMITS, J. The Mind and Method of the Legal Academic; HIRSCHL, R. The Question of Case Selection.. and other
- Teaching methods
- lectures, seminars, individual consltations
- Assessment methods
- evaluation of a proposal of the dissertation's methodological framework
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught: in blocks.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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