VIKBB13 Law and Informatics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Danuše Spáčilová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zdeněk Kadlec, Dr.
Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Dušová
Timetable
Mon 8:20–9:55 A01
Prerequisites
VIK_PoZ Qualifying Examination
Requirements: Basic PC skills, working with databases and the Internet.
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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Law and Informatics introduces students to the theoretical basis, the content and methods of searching on the Internet and in automatized systems with information on Czech and European law. Special attention is given to legal issues concerning the use of information and copyright protected works in librarianship practice.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to legal theory and basic legal terminology. Legal texts and legal documents their structure, types and mutual relations, historical and contemporary publishing platforms. Introduction to law and informatics, history of legal information systems (LIS) in the Czech Republic and abroad. Content of LIS, general requirements for search and requirements for compiling a query. Fulltext searches. Work with retrieved documents, relations between documents, hypertext. Other possibilities of LIS, printouts. Other sources of information about law and for lawyers especially on the Internet. Presentation of big information systems and resources - ASPI, LexDATA, LexGalaxy, EUR-Lex and other systems (e.g. Konzultant, EPIS). Library law and other aspects of library operation. Periodicals and non-periodicals. Copyright in librarianship practice. E-government, information systems of public administration, electronic documents, electronic signature, Free access to information and personal data protection. Law and the Internet, information society services act, electronic communications act. E-commerce. Cybercrime.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Výuka se realizuje formou přednášek s počítačovou prezentací. Podmínkou k udělení zápočtu je samostatná práce s informačním systémem (většinou ASPI) a vyřešení několika příkladů s využitím PIS a internetu. Samotný zápočet bude udělen po úspěšném absolvování písemného testu z teoretických znalostí (formou odpovědníku v IS).
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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