MV205Z Logic for Lawyers - seminar

Faculty of Law
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Karin Brzobohatá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Karin Brzobohatá, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Věra Šilingrová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MV205Z/01: each odd Wednesday 9:35–11:05 025, K. Brzobohatá
MV205Z/02: each even Wednesday 9:35–11:05 025, K. Brzobohatá
MV205Z/03: each odd Wednesday 11:10–12:40 025, K. Brzobohatá
MV205Z/04: each even Wednesday 11:10–12:40 025, K. Brzobohatá
MV205Z/05: No timetable has been entered into IS. K. Brzobohatá
Prerequisites
NOW( MV205Zk Logic for Lawyers )
Previous knowledge of the subject is not assumed
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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
Subject goal: The subject concentrates on specific problems of legal reasonning. Its goal is to introduce terminologyof logicand the systeme of logical patterns, which can be applied in legal work. It contains purposefully chosen general information of logic which is targeted and systematized to be casily applied by the future lawyers.
Syllabus
  • History of logic in brief, Modern logic and law, Propositional calculus, Predikate calculus, Nature and tasks of legal logic, General and legal methodology and its logical basis (definitions, theory of argumentation). Programme of the seminars: 1. Introduction to the subject, Logic and Law, basic knowledge of formal logic 2. Basic knowledge of formal logic - examples for practicing the theoretical knowledge 3. Propositional calculus - examples for practicing the theoretical knowledge 4. Predicate calculus - examples for practicing the theoretical knowledge 5. Prescriptive logic. Definition in law - examples for practicing the theoretical knowledge 6. Persuasion and argumentation in law in examples
Literature
  • WEINBERGER, Ota. Základy právní logiky. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 263 s. ISBN 802100827X. info
  • KNAPP, Viktor and Aleš GERLOCH. Logika v právním myšlení. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ústav státní správy, 1983, 123 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednáška: ústní seznámení se základními obsahovými poznatky Seminář: praktické cvičení teoretických poznatků
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005.
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