MP216Zk Philosophy for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Věra Šilingrová
Timetable
Wed 11:10–12:40 140
Prerequisites
NOW_LIMIT( MP216Z Phil. for Lawyers - courses ) || MP216Z Phil. for Lawyers - courses
Philosophy for Laweyrs is an intoduction into the basic critical legal thinking.
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
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The lectures seek to introduce the basic concept of law and relevant problems of modern legal thinking. The methode of explanation:the system-historical overview and critique of the legal thought. The subject of lectures are divided into: a)analysis of the basic term and cathegories; b)analysis of the basic problems;c)analysis of contemporary problems of the theory of human rights
Syllabus
  • Syllabus on legal philosophy: 1.What is legal philosophy? The role of legal philosophy in the system of legal science. 2. Why exists law? Law and society. Law and moral. Law and politics. 3. The beginning of legal thinking: a) Natural law by Plato, Aristotles, T. Aquinas; b) Concept of natural law (T.Hobbes, J.Locke); c) The first definition of law (I.Kant, G.F.W. Hegel); d) The concept of positive law (J.Austin, H. Kelsen, H.L.A. Hart); e) New definitions of law (R. Dworkin, N. Luhmann, J. Habermas); 3. Law and justice: the basic principles of the theory of justice by Plato, K. Marx, J. Rawls; 4. Law and punishment; 5. The basic principle of theory of human rights: the analysis of right to life, right to property, right to be different
Literature
  • MACHALOVÁ, Tatiana. Úvod do právní filozofie : (základní pojmy). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 162 s. ISBN 8021018291. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
ústní nebo písemná zkouška,
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
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