CM315K Academical Writing

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Karin Brzobohatá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ing. Libor Kyncl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Lukáš Hlouch, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vít Křížka (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Martina Cirbusová, 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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CM315K/01: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Wed 15:05–16:35 030, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, T. Machalová
CM315K/02: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Thu 15:05–16:35 257, K. Brzobohatá, M. Cirbusová, T. Machalová, M. Večeřa
CM315K/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 49 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/49, only registered: 0/49
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
  • will be added by teacher
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 Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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