PrF:MP222K Legal Writing - Course Information

MP222K Legal Writing

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)
JUDr. Bc. Terezie Smejkalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Markéta Štěpáníková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Michal Vosinek (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. PhDr. Robert Zbíral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Josef Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Štěpán Janků (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Kovalčík (lecturer)
Mgr. Dennis Wassouf (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Hynek Vrána (assistant)

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

Timetable

Mon 23. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Monday 18:00–19:40 136

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MP222K/01: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Tuesday 14:00–15:40 020, D. Wassouf
MP222K/02: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Tuesday 16:00–17:40 020, J. Gealfow
MP222K/03: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Monday 12:00–13:40 257, M. Vosinek
MP222K/04: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Monday 12:00–13:40 257, M. Vosinek
MP222K/05: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Tuesday 18:00–19:40 215, D. Wassouf
MP222K/06: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Tuesday 18:00–19:40 041, J. Gealfow
MP222K/07: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Tuesday 12:00–13:40 042, D. Wassouf
MP222K/08: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Tuesday 12:00–13:40 042, D. Wassouf
MP222K/09: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Wednesday 10:00–11:40 215, M. Štěpáníková
MP222K/10: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Štěpáníková

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 203 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 248/203, only registered: 37/203

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

recommended literature
• VUČKA, Jan. Právní psaní. 2. vydání. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2022, xxiii, 200. ISBN 9788074008924. info
• GARNER, Bryan A. Garner on language and writing : selected essays and speeches of Bryan A. Garner. Edited by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Chicago: ABA Defending Liberty Pursuing Justice, 2009, xxxv, 839. ISBN 9781604424454. info

Teaching methods

discussion lectures and seminars aimed at solving cases

Assessment methods

- solving 3 elearning works

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.

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