PrF:MV205K Logic for Lawyers - Course Information

MV205K Logic for Lawyers

Extent and Intensity

2/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

JUDr. Karin Brzobohatá, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

JUDr. Karin Brzobohatá, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Věra Šilingrová

Timetable

Mon 25. 2. to Fri 23. 5. Tue 16:40–18:10 034

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MV205K/01: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. each odd Tuesday 18:15–19:45 129, K. Brzobohatá
MV205K/02: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. each even Tuesday 18:15–19:45 129, K. Brzobohatá
MV205K/03: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. each odd Thursday 18:15–19:45 129, K. Brzobohatá
MV205K/04: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. each even Thursday 18:15–19:45 129, K. Brzobohatá
MV205K/05: No timetable has been entered into IS. K. Brzobohatá

Prerequisites

! MV205Zk Logic for Lawyers
Previous knowledge of the subject is not assumed

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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)

Course objectives

Subject goal: The subject concentrates on specific problems of legal reasoning. Its goal is to introduce terminology of logic and the systhem of logical patterns, which can be applied in legal work. It contains purposefully chosen general information of logic which is targeted and systematized to be casily applied by the future lawyers.

Syllabus

• Lectures: History of logic in brief, Modern logic and law, Propositional calculus, Predicate calculus, Nature and tasks of legal logic, General and legal methodology and its logical basis (definitions, theory of argumentation). Logic of juristic argumentation at the time of European integration. The curriculum of seminars in file MV205Z. The curriculum of lectures: 1. The nature of Logic, Tasks of Logic, Classical Laws of Logic, Branches of Logic, Legal Logic 2. History of Logic I. 3. History of Logic II. Tradition and current questions of logic in Czech jurisprudence. 4. General knowledge of formal Logic 5. Propositional calculus and legal reasoning 6. Predicate calculus and legal reasoning 7. Logic of Classes 8. Logic of Relations 9. Non-clasical logic, prescriptive logic 10. General and legal methodology and its logical bases (definition) 11. Theory of argumentation, Argumentation in Law I. 12. Theory of Argumentation, Argumentation in Law II. Seminars: History of logic in brief, Modern logic and law, Propositional calculus, Predikate calculus, Nature and tasks of legal logic, General and legal methodology and its logical basis (definitions, theory of argumentation). Programme of the seminars: 1. Introduction to the subject, Logic and Law, basic knowledge of formal logic 2. Basic knowledge of formal logic - examples for practicing the theoretical knowledge 3. Propositional calculus - examples for practicing the theoretical knowledge 4. Predicate calculus - examples for practicing the theoretical knowledge 5. Prescriptive logic. Definition in law - examples for practicing the theoretical knowledge 6. Persuasion and argumentation in law in examples

Literature

• ŠTĚPÁN, Jan. Logika a právo. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2001, vi, 122. ISBN 8071794848. info
• SOUSEDÍK, Prokop. Logika pro studenty humanitních oborů. Vyd. 2., rozš. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2001, 222 s. ISBN 8070215097. info
• WEINBERGER, Ota. Základy právní logiky. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 263 s. ISBN 802100827X. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Přednáška: ústní seznámení se základními obsahovými poznatky Seminář: praktické cvičení teoretických poznatků Forma kolokvia: smíšená

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
  
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