MX205sZ Logic for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 0 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
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
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. Persuasion and argumentation in law in examples
Literature
  • ŠTĚPÁN, Jan. Formální logika. 2. přeprac. vyd. Olomouc: FIN, 1995, 109 s. ISBN 80-7182-004-0. info
  • WEINBERGER, Ota. Základy právní logiky. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 263 s. ISBN 802100827X. 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 taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000.
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