CM222K Academical Writing

Faculty of Law
Spring 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)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Karin Brzobohatá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Lukáš Hlouch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ing. Libor Kyncl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vít Křížka (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Martina Cirbusová, Ph.D. (assistant)
doc. JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D. (assistant)
JUDr. PhDr. Jakub Valc, Ph.D., LL.M. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Jelínková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CM222K/01: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Fri 15:05–16:35 126, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, T. Machalová, M. Večeřa
CM222K/02: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Fri 16:40–18:10 126, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, V. Křížka, T. Machalová, M. Večeřa
CM222K/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. T. Machalová
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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
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
    required literature
  • will be added by teacher
    recommended literature
  • ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
    not specified
  • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 209 pp. Studijní texty, 34. svazek. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013.
  • Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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