DO1DEPR01 Legal-Historical Method

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to familiarize postgraduate students with methods of conducting a research of legal historical secondary literature, practice of courts and primary sources. Alongside that they will be alerted to methodological issues which they will have to deal with in particular historical periods.
Learning outcomes
- to look up and examine current legal historical topics by using scientific methods;
- to organize and write down the collected data, interpret the results achieved, present the findings and defend them in relevant forum.
Syllabus
  • methods for working with primary sources (archival research);
  • methods for working with secondary literature and practice of courts;
  • methods for creating a dissertation thesis in the field of history of law and legal romanistics.
Literature
  • TAUCHEN, Jaromír and Jan KAZDA. Bibliografie vybraných právnických časopisů a sborníků 1918–1989. Bibliographie ausgewählter tschechoslowakischer juristischer Zeitschriften, Festschriften und Sammelbände 1918-1989 (Bibliography of selected legal journals and collections of contributions 1918–1989). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013. Spisy Právnické fakulty MU č. 454 (řada teoretická, Edice S). ISBN 978-80-210-6454-6. online verze info
  • http://alex.onb.ac.at/
  • digi.law.muni.cz
Teaching methods
As a teaching method, there is an individual study of assigned expert literature and eventually individual expert consultations with lecturers.
Assessment methods
The colloquium will be granted for active attendance at a discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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