PrF:SOC016 General Jurisprudence - Course Information
SOC016 General Jurisprudence
Faculty of LawSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Ing. John Altair Gealfow, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Terezie Smejkalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Linda Tvrdíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dennis Wassouf (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- JUDr. Bc. Terezie Smejkalová, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Tereza Buchalová
Supplier department: Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law - Timetable
- Mon 26. 2. to Fri 24. 5. Wed 16:00–17:40 215
- 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
- Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Law (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies (programme PrF, KOS)
- Course objectives
- Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to give the set of knowledge that is necessary for the study of the branch of legal subjects; to master general legal terminology and the apprehension of legal thinking. The basic set of lectures will be aimed at the basic legal concepts and the system of law.
- Syllabus
- 1. Defining law, system of law, system of legal sciences 2. Law as a specific social technique 3. The legal order 4. Legal norm - definition, features, structure 5. Interpretation of law - methods, techniques 6. Realization of legal norms, defining legal relation 7. Prerequisites of legal relations - legal facts 8. Subjects and objects in legal relations 9. Sources of law 10. Brno normative legal school (1919-1950) 11. Legal state (the Rule of law) 12. Large legal systems
- Literature
- required literature
- KELSEN, Hans. Pure theory of law. Translated by Max Knight. 4th print. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008, x, 356. ISBN 9781584775782. info
- recommended literature
- HART, Herbert Lionel Adalphus. The concept of law [Clarendon Press, 1994]. Edited by Penelope A. Bulloch - Joseph Raz. 2. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994, xii, 315 s. ISBN 0-19-876122-8. info
- KELSEN, Hans. General theory of law and state. 2. print. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949, xxxiii, 51. info
- RAZ, Joseph. Practical reason and norms. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, 220 s. ISBN 0198268343. info
- DWORKIN, Ronald M. Taking rights seriously. 3. print. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1977, xv, 295 s. ISBN 0-674-86710-6. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures with discussion
- Assessment methods
- Essay and written test
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
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