MVV33K Law and the Arts

Faculty of Law
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. MgA. Jakub Míšek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Markéta Štěpáníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dennis Wassouf (assistant)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Bc. Markéta Štěpáníková, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Tereza Buchalová
Supplier department: Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 21. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Wed 14:00–15:40 257
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MVV33K/01: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. each even Wednesday 16:00–17:40 257, M. Štěpáníková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 8/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will be able to: understand basic approaches to understand law (or legal science) by the arts; explain approaches to law and to critically analyze legal texts and legal practice; interpret some contemporary legal movements and approaches; use information about law not from legal documents; make decisions about position of law in society.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- identify and summarize important features of the field of Law and Literature;
- identify and describe current domestic and foreign trends in Law and Humanities;
- describe the factors that influence the reader in the interpretation of works of law on law;
- compare the differences between the relationship between law and art in different legal cultures;
- analyze and interpret works of art in terms of significance for law;
- to create, present and explain one's own artistic rendering of law.
Syllabus
  • Úvod do předmětu; Law in Literature.
  • Law as Literature
  • Performativity of Law
  • Law and Theatre
  • Law and Shakespeare
  • Law, Architecture, and Symbols
  • Law and Popular Culture
  • Law and Music
  • Law and Visual Art
  • Law and Crime stories
  • Law and an Individual: Kafka, Camus, Sartre.
  • Presentations
Literature
  • HOLLÄNDER, Pavel. Filosofie práva. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2006, 303 s. ISBN 8086898962. info
  • ŠKOP, Martin. Právo v postmoderní situaci (Law in Postmodern Situation). Law in Postmodern Situation. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 191 pp. Spisy Právnické fakulty MU č. 324. ISBN 978-80-210-4543-9. info
  • ŠKOP, Martin. Dílo Franze Kafky jako postmoderní právní metafora. Právník. Praha: Academia, 2004, Roč. 143, č. 12, p. 1225-1239. ISSN 0324-7007. info
Teaching methods
teoretical preparation consisting in reading pieces of artificial literature; lectures; disputable seminars
Assessment methods
Seminal papers assessed on the basis of the ability of student to understand specific relations in the area of law and the arts (4 questionnaires) or a seminar paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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