MP903K Legal Interpretation and Reasoning - Moral Problems in Law

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Jaromír Harvánek, CSc. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Lukáš Hlouch, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Tomáš Sobek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Nováková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Tomáš Sobek, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Jelínková
Supplier department: Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MP903K/01: Mon 3. 10. to Fri 23. 12. each odd Monday 13:30–15:00 030, T. Sobek
MP903K/02: Mon 3. 10. to Fri 23. 12. each even Monday 13:30–15:00 030, T. Sobek
MP903K/03: Mon 3. 10. to Fri 23. 12. each odd Monday 15:05–16:35 129, T. Sobek
MP903K/04: Mon 3. 10. to Fri 23. 12. each even Monday 15:05–16:35 129, T. Sobek
MP903K/05: Mon 3. 10. to Fri 23. 12. each odd Monday 16:40–18:10 215, T. Sobek
MP903K/06: Mon 3. 10. to Fri 23. 12. each odd Tuesday 9:35–11:05 215, T. Sobek
MP903K/07: Mon 3. 10. to Fri 23. 12. each even Tuesday 9:35–11:05 215, T. Sobek
MP903K/08: Mon 3. 10. to Fri 23. 12. each even Tuesday 11:10–12:40 034, T. Sobek
MP903K/09: Mon 3. 10. to Fri 23. 12. each odd Tuesday 11:10–12:40 148, T. Sobek
MP903K/10: Mon 3. 10. to Fri 23. 12. each odd Tuesday 13:30–15:00 259, T. Sobek
MP903K/11: Mon 3. 10. to Fri 23. 12. each even Tuesday 13:30–15:00 259, T. Sobek
MP903K/12: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Večeřa
MP903K/13: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Večeřa
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( MP903 Legal Interpretation ) && !NOWANY( MP909K Legal Interpretation - MPLP )
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 235 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/235, only registered: 0/235
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The acquaintance with main theories of recent ethics; the understanding of the importance of the ethics in legal reasoning; the ability to do an ethical analysis of legal case; the ability to ethical argumentation; the development of moral intuitions.
Syllabus
  • Examples of ethical argumentation.
  • The analysis of moral dilemmas.
  • The usage of ethical concepts in legal argumentation.
  • The choice of morally intuitive solution to legal case.
  • Justice vs. efficiency of law.
  • Objectiveness, subjectiveness and relativeness of moral belief.
Literature
    required literature
  • SOBEK T., Právní myšlení, Plzeň 2011.
    recommended literature
  • DWORKIN, R. Justice for Hedgehogs, Harvard 2011.
  • BESSON S., The Morality of Conflict: Reasonable Disagreement and The Law, Hart Pub 2005.
  • DEN OTTER R. C., Judicial Review in an Age of Moral Pluralism, Cambridge 2009.
  • ZAMIR E., MEDINA B., Law, Economics, and Morality, Oxford 2010.
  • KAPLOW L., SHAVELL S., Fairness versus Welfare, Harvard 2002.
  • WALDRON, J., Law and Disagreement, Oxford 1999.
  • SHAPIRO, S. J. Legality, Harvard 2011.
Teaching methods
1) Reflective equilibrium. 2) Value weighting. 3) Thought experiments. 4) Metaethical analysis. 5) Economical analysis.
Assessment methods
colloquial - ethical analysis of legal case (written exam)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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