SOC050 Legal Philosophy
Spring 2020
Every Wednesday from 14:00 in Room No. 040
March 4 Introductory Lesson
JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D.
March 11 Legal Positivism
doc. JUDr. Tomáš Sobek, Ph.D.
March 18 Natural Law Theory
JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D.
March 25 Razian Authority
doc. JUDr. Tomáš Sobek, Ph.D.
April 1 Normative Ethics
JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D.
April 8 The Idea of an Overlapping Consensus
doc. JUDr. Tomáš Sobek, Ph.D.
April 15 Justice
JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D.
April 22 Dignity, Rank, and Rights
doc. JUDr. Tomáš Sobek, Ph.D.
April 29 Human Rights
JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D.
May 6 Test
doc. JUDr. Tomáš Sobek, Ph.D.
May 13 Presentations
JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D.
May 20 Presentations
doc. JUDr. Tomáš Sobek, Ph.D
- Some philosophical text will be discussed in seminars. These texts can be found in the study
materials in IS MUNI. Always bring them to a seminar (printed or in electronic form).
- Part of the text will be a few questions that will be discussed at the seminar. These questions
will include those that will be part of the test. Prepare answers to given questions.
- The course is finished by an exam, which is evaluated by marks A to E. The exam consists of a
written test composed of the questions discussed in the seminars and a presentation about
some philosophical issue.
- A maximum of ten points can be obtained from the test. You can get the following marks from
it:
Points Marks
10 A
9 B
8 C
7 D
6 E
5 or less F
- The presentation is created by each student himself (not in a group). You can choose any topic
from the field of legal philosophy. The length of the presentation is 5 to 10 minutes. The day
before the seminar when you will present, put your presentations into the study materials in
IS MUNI.
- The exam mark is the average of the test and presentation marks.