MP222K Legal Writing

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. John Altair Gealfow, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Josef Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Kovalčík (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Terezie Smejkalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. PhDr. Robert Zbíral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Markéta Štěpáníková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Michal Vosinek (seminar tutor)
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
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: 2/240, only registered: 541/240
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_) (2)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)
Course objectives
The aim of course is to help develop students their legal writting competence.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
a) put into practice the basic methods of academic writing;
b) read critically and write legal argumentation;
c) analyze the legal cases;
d) respect the ethical rules of academic writing.
Syllabus
  • The course covers topics such as:
  • A) - 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 doctrine, case law, judicial opinions, statutes, regulations and other legal information;
Literature
    required literature
  • GARNER, Bryan A., John Altair GEALFOW, Adéla VALENTOVÁ, Štěpán JANKŮ, Pavlína HUBKOVÁ and Terezie KÖNIGOVÁ. Právní psaní srozumitelným jazykem (Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercises). 1st ed. Brno: Nugis Finem Publishing, 2021, 193 pp. Legal Skills Handbooks. ISBN 978-80-7614-005-9. Katalog MU 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
    not specified
  • VUČKA, Jan. Právní psaní. 2. vydání. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2022, xxiii, 200. ISBN 9788074008924. info
Teaching methods
lectures and class discussion
Assessment methods
- solving 3 elearning works
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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