CM216Z Philosophy for Lawyers Seminar

Faculty of Law
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Jana Lojková, Ph.D. (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
Prerequisites
NOW( CM216Zk Philosophy for Lawyers )
The courses are intended to improve the skill of critical legal thinking: clarification of the argument and of its components, interpretation, critical analysis of prejudice.
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 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/75, only registered: 0/75
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
At the end of course students should be able to:
understain and explain the basic legal terms and categories;
make deductions based an acquired knowledge to analyse and interpret the legal cases;
Syllabus
  • - What is the legal philosophy?
  • -Law and moral
  • -Natural law contra positive law
  • -The system theory of law contra discoursive theory of law;
  • -Law and justice;
  • -The basic problems of theory of human rights
Literature
  • MACHALOVÁ, Tatiana and Renata RÁZKOVÁ. Vybrané texty z dějin právní filozofie. [Učebnice] (Textbook: The History of Legal Philosophy). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 221 pp. Edice učebnic PrF MU ; č. 245. ISBN 80-210-2401-1. info
Teaching methods
class discussion
Assessment methods
requirements for fulfilling requirements: the preparation six homeworks, the presentation one of them
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011.
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