DOTPV_CD18 Legal_Historical Method

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! DO1DEPR01 Legal-Historical Method
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to familiarize postgraduate students with methods of conducting a research of legal historical secondary literature, practice of courts and primary sources. Alongside that they will be alerted to methodological issues which they will have to deal with in particular historical periods.
Learning outcomes
- to look up and examine current legal historical topics by using scientific methods;
- to organize and write down the collected data, interpret the results achieved, present the findings and defend them in relevant forum.
Syllabus
  • methods for working with primary sources (archival research);
  • methods for working with secondary literature and practice of courts;
  • methods for creating a dissertation thesis in the field of history of law and legal romanistics.
Literature
  • GÁBRIŠ, Tomáš. Právo a dejiny : právnohistorická propedeutika. Kraków: Spolok Slovákov v Poľsku, 2012, 387 stran. ISBN 9788374904902. info
Teaching methods
As a teaching method, there is an individual study of assigned expert literature and eventually individual expert consultations with lecturers.
Assessment methods
The colloquium will be granted for active attendance at a discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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