MVV277K Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Právnická fakulta
jaro 2019
Rozsah
0/1/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
prof. Przemysław Kaczmarek, Ph.D. (cvičící), prof. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Jakub Łakomy, MA (cvičící), prof. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
prof. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D.
Právnická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Právnická fakulta
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
MVV277K/01: Po 6. 5. 8:00–9:40 038, Út 7. 5. 10:00–11:40 025, 12:00–13:40 025, Čt 9. 5. 16:00–17:40 025, 18:00–19:40 025, Pá 10. 5. 8:00–9:40 038
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.

Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 30 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 1/30, pouze zareg.: 0/30
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
Main objectives are as follows:
- to understand and explain basics of philosophy of morality;
- to understand relations between main ethical concepts;
- to understand main currents in contemporary philosophy of morality and theories of justice in political philosophy;
- to analyze the main rules of professional responsibility in legal professions
Výstupy z učení
At the end of the course, student should be able:
- to use main tools of legal reasoning and theory of argumentation to analyse professional responsibility of lawyers;
- to understand ethical and philosophical background of main theories of morality;
- to understand the status of the contemporary professional ethics;
- to analyze differences between the systems of professional responsibility in USA and continental Europe;
- to use knowledge to be able to decide what is the best ethical profile of the contemporary lawyer and implement it in their own professional behavior in future
Osnova
  • 1. Morality and ethics. Definitions and relations between concepts. Basic ethical concepts and the problem of justice.
  • 2. Main currents in contemporary philosophy of morality: deontology, consequentialism (utilitarianism), ethics of virtues, ethics of responsibility, ethics of discourse.
  • 3. Infrastructure of moral reasoning: basics of theory of argumentation, critical reason, the role of discourse, the role of tradition.
  • 4. Professional ethics - the concept, ethics of legal professions, the separatist thesis.
  • 5. Obedience and authority and moral responsibility of lawyers.
  • 6. Models of client - lawyer relations in the contemporary philosophy of morality.
Literatura
  • See Teacher's Information for full details.
Výukové metody
Lessons with discussion.
Metody hodnocení
Exam (a test with the open questions form: eg. "characterize in 5 sentences utilitarianism formulated by Jeremy Bentham" ... ...)
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Literature
1. Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
2. W. Bradley Wendel, Ethics and Law: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2014
3. The Concept of Dilemma in Legal and Judicial Ethics, ed. by P. Skuczyński, C.H. Beck, Warsaw 2018
4. S. Milgram, Obedience to Authority; An Experimental View, 1974
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