BDM106K Legal Informatics

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Mgr. Jakub Harašta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Novotná, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Mgr. Jakub Harašta, Ph.D.
Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Tereza Buchalová
Supplier department: Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
BDM106K/01: Thu 19. 9. 10:00–11:40 057, 12:00–13:40 057, Fri 18. 10. 14:00–15:40 Virtuální místnost, Fri 6. 12. 12:00–13:40 Virtuální místnost, Fri 20. 12. 16:00–17:40 Virtuální místnost, J. Harašta, T. Novotná
Prerequisites
! OBOR(PR) && ! OBOR(PR01) && ! PROGRAM(N-VS)
Basic computer literacy.
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
Course objectives
The course's main objective is to obtain basic practical skills and orientation in using various legal information systems.
Learning outcomes
After completing this course, the student is expected to be able to:
- understand essential functions of legal information systems and describe any legal information systems through these functions
- find acts and other legal documents using ASPI, Codexis and Beck-online
- work with publicly available databases of the Constitutional court, Supreme court and Supreme administrative court
- evaluate credibility and validity of retrieved legal information and properly cite retrieved documents
- solve basic legal problems using legal information systems.
Syllabus
  • individual teaching blocks:
  • 1. Basic terms and concepts.
  • 2. Working with ASPI.
  • 3. Working with Beck-online.
  • 4. Working with Codexis.
  • 5. Working with databases of the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court, databases of official court collections, and the database of decisions of lower courts.
  • 6. Legal research.
Literature
Teaching methods
Teaching will be carried out:
Frontal teaching method with the personal participation of the student in the faculty building, when an initial mandatory consultation will take place, including the definition of the issues and systematics, key concepts and institutes, and assignment of the end of the course.
The following methods will be implemented: independent learning in the form of solving practical examples linked to online study materials, critical thinking, and emphasis on providing feedback during the consultation, not frontal teaching.
Asynchronous form (individual guided self-study) of the provided materials in the IS information system and learning materials (especially study texts and videos, independent working on examples).
Synchronously through three continuous optional group consultations in MS Teams on specific topics.
Mutual contact and communication between students will then be possible at the first consultation held at the faculty and further through the subject team in the MS Teams application.
Assessment methods
The checking will be done by the fulfilment of the online tests of working in the individual databases (ASPI, Beck-online, Codexis, court databases, databases of official court collections). In addition, the students will prepare legal research of sources for a practical example in all the databases taught.
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: 8 hodin online konzultací za semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
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