CM416Z Philosophy for Lawyers - Seminar

Faculty of Law
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vít Křížka (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc. (lecturer)
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
CM416Z/01: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. each even Thursday 13:30–15:00 148, V. Křížka, T. Machalová
CM416Z/02: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. each even Thursday 15:05–16:35 148, V. Křížka, T. Machalová
CM416Z/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. V. Křížka, T. Machalová
Prerequisites
NOW( CM416Zk Philosophy for Lawyers )
The courses are intended to improve the skill of critical legal thinking; clarificationof 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 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 course students should be able to:
understain and explain the basic legal terms and categories; make deductions based on acquired knowledge to analyse an interpret the legal cases;
Syllabus
  • What is the legal philosophy?
  • Natural law vs. positive law
  • The criticism of legal formalism
  • The legal principle and legal interpretation
  • The legal argumentation
  • Law and justice
Literature
    recommended literature
  • MACHALOVÁ, Tatiana and Renata RÁZKOVÁ. Vybrané texty z dějin právní filozofie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 221 s. ISBN 80-210-2401-1. info
Teaching methods
class discussion
Assessment methods
requirements for fulfilling: the preparation of six homeworks
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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