PrF:BZ106K Basics of Academical Writing - Course Information

BZ106K Basics of Academical Writing

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 1 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Nikoleta Bitterová, Ph.D. (assistant)
doc. JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D. (assistant)
JUDr. Michal Malaník, Ph.D. (assistant)
JUDr. PhDr. Jakub Valc, Ph.D., LL.M. (assistant)
Mgr. Ing. Martina Cirbusová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)

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

BZ106K/01: Fri 23. 10. 9:35–11:05 140, Fri 20. 11. 13:30–15:00 030
BZ106K/02: Fri 23. 10. 11:10–12:40 140, Fri 20. 11. 15:05–16:35 030
BZ106K/03: Fri 23. 10. 13:30–15:00 140, Fri 20. 11. 11:10–12:40 030
BZ106K/04: No timetable has been entered into IS.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

!OBOR(PR) && !PROGRAM(N-VS)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• International Commercial Law Studies (programme PrF, B-PSP) (2)
• Commercial Law Studies (programme PrF, B-PSP) (2)
• Legal Questions of Land Register (programme PrF, B-PSP) (2)
• Law and Finance (programme PrF, B-PSP) (2)
• Law and International Trade (programme PrF, B-PSP) (2)
• Law and Business (programme PrF, B-PSP) (2)
• Social Security Law (programme PrF, B-PSP) (2)
• Theory and Practice of Criminal Procedure (programme PrF, B-PSP) (2)
• Theory and Practice of Criminal and Administrative Procedure (programme PrF, B-VS) (2)
• Public Administration (programme PrF, B-PSP) (2)
• Public Administration (programme PrF, B-VS) (2)
• Public Administration (programme PrF, B-VS, specialization Financial Administration) (2)
• Public Administration (programme PrF, B-VS, specialization Land Registry Administration) (2)
• Public Administration (programme PrF, B-VS, specialization Social Security Administration) (2)
• Public Administration (programme PrF, B-VS, specialization General Public Administration) (2)
• Senior Officer of Justice (programme PrF, B-PSP) (2)

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 (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hod. přednášek za semestr / 4 hrs of lectures per semester.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
  
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