CM314K Legal Informatics

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Danuše Spáčilová (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Georgala (lecturer)
JUDr. Mgr. Jakub Harašta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Danuše Spáčilová
Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Jelínková
Supplier department: Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 22. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Wednesday 16:40–18:10 020
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
CM314K/01: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Thursday 8:00–9:30 020, J. Harašta, D. Spáčilová
CM314K/02: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Thursday 9:35–11:05 020, J. Harašta, D. Spáčilová
CM314K/03: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Thursday 11:10–12:40 020, J. Harašta, D. Spáčilová
CM314K/04: No timetable has been entered into IS. D. Spáčilová
Prerequisites
! MPV01Z Legal informatics - practice && ! MP312K Legal Informatics - practice && ! MPV01Zk Legal informatics II && ! MP312K Legal Informatics - practice && ! MP414K Legal Informatics - practice && ! CM414K Legal informatics - practice && ! CM221K Legal Informatics && ! CM312K Legal informatics - practice && !NOWANY( CM312K Legal informatics - practice )
Basic computer literacy.
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 57 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/57, only registered: 0/57
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is basic practical skills and orientation in operating various sources of legal information. After the successful pass of the course a student should be able to:
- find basic legal information on the Internet
- find laws, regulations and other legal documents using ASPI, Codexis and Beck-online systems
- evaluate a creditibility and validity of the information, correct citing the documents
- solve basic legal problems using the legal information systems
Syllabus
  • Topics of Presentations:
  • 1. An Introduction to Legal Informatics, History, Present, Future Perspectives
  • 2. ASPI Legal Information System, Access to Laws by Means of Legal Information Systems
  • 3. CODEXIS Legal Information System, Access to Court Decisions by Means of Legal Information Systems
  • 4. Beck-online Legal Information System, Access to Professional Literature by Means Legal Information Systems
  • 5. Theoretical Basics of Legal Informatics
  • 6. Law Librarianship, Citations and Citation Standards
  • 7. Databases of Professional Literature. Access to EU Law.
  • Topics of Hand-On Sessions:
  • 1. On-line Sources of Legal Information
  • 2. ASPI
  • 3. Codexis
  • 4. Beck-online
  • 5. Access to Professional Literature, Court Decisions, EU Law, Legal Recherche
  • 6. Exercises
Literature
  • ŠAVELKA, Jaromír, Matěj MYŠKA, Adam PTAŠNIK and Danuše SPÁČILOVÁ. Právní informační systémy (Legal information systems). Vyd. 1. Brno: Tribun EU, 2011, 259 pp. ISBN 978-80-7399-248-4. info
  • PTAŠNIK, Adam. Automatizované zpracování právních textů. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Key Publishing, 2007, 168 s. ISBN 9788087071472. info
  • CVRČEK, František. Právní informatika. Praha: Ústav státu a práva AV ČR, 2010, 371 s. ISBN 9788073802684. info
Teaching methods
Presentations followed by hands-on lectures in a PC lab, e-learning materials intended for home preparations, ROPOT for preparative evaluation.
Assessment methods
The possibility to undergo the final colloquium is dependent on the student's performance during the hands-on lectures (to collect the requested number of points). The colloquium itself consist of exercises that can be solved by means of legal information systems. Further details can be found in an interactive syllabus.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je určen pro nejvýše pro polovinu ročníku. Je prerekvizitou pro státní závěrečnou zkoušku. Přednášky jsou realizovány formou povinně volitelného předmětu MV425K.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1422/jaro2012/MP221K/index.qwarp
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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