DO1TEPR03 Contemporary legal thought I.

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc.
Prerequisites
The course will be conceived as an introduction to the methodological basis of contemporary legal philosophy. Students will be acquainted with basic methodological problems. With respect to the solved topics, the individual positions will be discussed in more detail.
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 study specific methodological positions in contemporary legal philosophy. This means studying the basic principles and categories that characterize each position. It also presupposes a good orientation in the opinions of some representatives of the given philosophical direction.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to write a review of the assigned work on a selected topic. The review should be prepared for publication in a professional journal.
Syllabus
  • 1. Traditional methodological positions of legal thinking: normativism, positivism, pragmatism.
  • 2. Anti-normativism and antipositivism.
  • 3. Systemic concept of law and its criticism.
Teaching methods
Teaching will take the form of a) class discussions on the topics;(b) homework.
Assessment methods
The course will be completed by submitting a written review.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.
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