MV621K Selected Problems of Legal Argumentation

Faculty of Law
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Libor Hanuš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Libor Hanuš, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Věra Šilingrová
Timetable
Mon 23. 2. to Fri 22. 5. each odd Tuesday 11:10–12:40 315
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MV621K/01: Mon 2. 3. to Fri 22. 5. each even Thursday 13:30–15:00 126, L. Hanuš
MV621K/02: Mon 2. 3. to Fri 22. 5. each even Thursday 15:05–16:35 126, L. Hanuš
MV621K/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. L. Hanuš
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 34 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/34, only registered: 0/34
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
Main goals of this course are following: to deepen knowlege of such branches of law as theory of law and filosophy of law; to clarify the framework of legal argumentation and arbitrariness; to specify the usage of selected metodhological procedures of legal logic and argumentation by means of both theoretical and practical examples; to learn the lege artis methodology of applied teleological interpretation; to consider rational reasining of moral judgment by means of discourse analysis (ethical kriteria of legal argumentation); to outline the algorithmic rule how to solve the situation of conflict of purposes of law.
Syllabus
  • 1. The concept of arbitrariness and his typical features in legal practice (ad illustrandum analysis of selected cases). 2. Argumentation and reasoning in the framework of evidentiary proceedings. 3. Particularities of interpretative methods and of special legal logic arguments. 4. Teleological interpretation. 5. Judicial creation of law and its limits. 6. Ethical criteria of legal argumentation and imperative of logical judgment reasoning (with emphasis above all on morality criteria in works of I. Kant and E. Tugendhat). 7. The conflict of purposes of law (summary, context and potential competition among legal, justice based and ethical arguments).
Literature
  • HANUŠ, Libor. Právní argumentace nebo svévole. Úvahy o právu, spravedlnosti a etice. (Legal Argumentation or Arbitrariness). 1st ed. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2008, 222 pp. Beckova edice Právní instituty. ISBN 978-80-7400-035-5. info
  • KNAPP, Viktor and Aleš GERLOCH. Logika v právním myšlení. 3. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2000, 230 s. ISBN 80-86432-02-5. info
  • KNAPP, Viktor. Teorie práva. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1995, xvi, 247 s. ISBN 3-406-40177-5. info
  • HOLLÄNDER, Pavel. Filosofie práva. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2006, 303 s. ISBN 8086898962. info
  • HOLLÄNDER, Pavel. Ústavněprávní argumentace :ohlédnutí po deseti letech Ústavního soudu. Praha: Linde, 2003, 103 s. ISBN 80-86131-37-8. info
  • QUINTILIANUS, Marcus Fabius. Základy rétoriky. Praha: Odeon, 1985. info
  • KNAPP, Viktor. Vědecká propedeutika pro právníky. 1. vyd. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2003, 233 s. ISBN 80-86432-54-8. info
  • Morálka práva. Edited by Lon L. Fuller - Jiří Přibáň. 1. vyd. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1998, 229 s. ISBN 80-86005-65-8. info
  • ANZENBACHER, Arno. Úvod do etiky. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 2001, 292 s. ISBN 8020009175. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Základy metafyziky mravů. Translated by Ladislav Menzel. Praha: Svoboda, 1990. ISBN 8020501525. info
  • TUGENDHAT, Ernst. Tři přednášky o problémech etiky. Translated by Marek Nekula. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 87 s. ISBN 8020407448. info
  • TUGENDHAT, Ernst. Přednášky o etice. Translated by Josef Moural. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004, 311 s. ISBN 8072980866. info
  • MACINTYRE, Alasdair C. Ztráta ctnosti : k morální krizi současnosti. Translated by Pavla Sadílková - David Hoffman. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004, 332 s. ISBN 8072980823. info
Assessment methods
Lectures, class discussion, presentations by professionals in the sectors, homeworks, reading. Colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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