PrF:DA2LRM01 Legal Research Methodology I - Course Information

DA2LRM01 Legal Research Methodology I

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

prof. JUDr. David Kosař, Ph.D., LL.M., J. S. D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ladislav Vyhnánek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. PhDr. Robert Zbíral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Luboš Brim, Ph.D. (assistant)
prof. JUDr. Kateřina Ronovská, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. JUDr. PhDr. Robert Zbíral, Ph.D.

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

• Comparative Constitutional Law (programme PrF, CCL_) (2)
• Comparative Corporate, Foundation and Trust Law (programme PrF, COCO_) (2)
• Intellectual Property Law (programme PrF, INTPA_) (2)
• Legal theory and Public Affairs (programme PrF, LTPA_) (2)
• Law Information and Communication Technologies (Eng.) (programme PrF, D-TPV4) (2)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to make the students acquainted with major approaches to legal research. Mainly, the following issues will be discussed: How to write a good doctrinal thesis, Case selection, Empirical legal research: qualitative methods, Empirical legal research: quantitative methods, Interdisciplinarity in law.

Learning outcomes

After the completion of this course, the student will:
- understand the scope andf limits of major methodological approaches to legal research
- be able to apply these methods in his/her research

Syllabus

• 1) Research in law: plurality of approaches. 2) How to write a good doctrinal thesis 3) Case selection 4) Empirical legal research: qualitative methods 5) Empirical legal research: quantitative methods 6) Interdisciplinarity in law

Literature

• GEORGE, A. – BENNET, A. Case studies and theory development in the social sciences. Cambridge 2005; CÍSAŘ, O. Jak na výzkum v sociálních vědách?; SMITS, J. The Mind and Method of the Legal Academic; HIRSCHL, R. The Question of Case Selection.. and other

Teaching methods

lectures, seminars, individual consltations

Assessment methods

evaluation of a proposal of the dissertation's methodological framework

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught: in blocks.

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