PrF:MP222K Academical Writing - Course Information
MP222K Academical Writing
Faculty of LawSpring 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Lukáš Hlouch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Michal Malaník, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Terezie Smejkalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Markéta Štěpáníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jan Horecký, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. PhDr. Jakub Valc, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ondřej Benc (assistant)
JUDr. Jan Horecký, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Štěpán Janků (assistant)
Mgr. Jana Stehlíková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Jan Strya (assistant)
Mgr. Bc. Linda Tvrdíková, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Tatiana Machalová, CSc.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Tereza Buchalová
Supplier department: Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- MP222K/01: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Tue 10:00–11:40 148, M. Štěpáníková
MP222K/02: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Tue 12:00–13:40 042, M. Malaník
MP222K/03: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Wed 10:00–11:40 209, L. Hlouch, T. Machalová
MP222K/04: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Wed 12:00–13:40 124, L. Hlouch, T. Machalová
MP222K/06: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Thu 10:00–11:40 148, M. Malaník
MP222K/07: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Thu 8:00–9:40 129, M. Malaník
MP222K/08: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Thu 12:00–13:40 214, M. Štěpáníková
MP222K/09: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Thu 12:00–13:40 042, M. Malaník
MP222K/10: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Thu 14:00–15:40 131, J. Valc
MP222K/11: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Thu 16:00–17:40 124, J. Valc
MP222K/13: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Tue 14:00–15:40 160, M. Štěpáníková
MP222K/14: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Tue 8:00–9:40 126, M. Štěpáníková
MP222K/15: No timetable has been entered into IS. T. Machalová - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! MP315K Academical Writing
- 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 240 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 192/240, only registered: 0/240 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
a) prepare and write an expert text or paper;
b) put into practice the basic methods of academic writing;
c) analyze the legal cases;
d) respect the ethical rules of academic writing; - Syllabus
- The course covers topics such as:
- A) Preparation for writing projects;
- - choose issue and problems,
- - formulate the important questions and hypothesis,
- - adopt the paragraphs and structure for analysis,
- - ethical rules of legal writing,
- - footnotes and quotations;
- B) Style and methods of legal writing:
- - style of legal writing;
- - structure and evaluation of legal arguments, models of legal argumentation and justification,
- - How to write a legal argument?
- the important legal methods,
- C)Legal research:
- - researching legal concept, case law, judicial opinions, statute, regulations and other legal information;
- Literature
- required literature
- MACHALOVÁ, Tatiana, Miloš VEČEŘA, Markéta ŠTĚPÁNÍKOVÁ, Terezie SMEJKALOVÁ, John Altair GEALFOW, Lukáš HLOUCH, Jana NOVÁKOVÁ and Jakub VALC. Akademické psaní pro právníky (Academic Writing for Lawyers). Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2018, 219 pp. ISBN 978-80-7380-738-2. info
- recommended literature
- ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 209 pp. Studijní texty, 34. svazek. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures and class discussion
- Assessment methods
- - solving 4 elearning works,
- preparation of 1 draft and 2 evaluations;
- preparation of final project; - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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