MV920Z Integrated Refugee Law Course - seminar

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Dalibor Jílek, CSc. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Markéta Šedová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Šimek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Věra Šilingrová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MV920Z/01: Thu 13:30–15:00 215, D. Jílek, R. Šopovová
MV920Z/23: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Šopovová
Prerequisites
NOW( MV920Zk Integrated Refugee Law Course ) && NOW_LIMIT( MV920Zk Integrated Refugee Law Course )
We expect the students to be at the intermediate level of English and interested in the current refugee problems.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The Integrated refuge Law Course aims at practising the English language competence as well as the ability of legal reasoning for the particular cases presented.
Syllabus
  • Language Training and Practical Workshops: 2.10. Introduction - credit and exam requirements, literature, language portfolio, definition of a refugee 8.10. Newspaper articles of topical relevance - sharing experience 16.10. 1951 Geneva Convention and 1967 New York Protocol 23.10. The role of NGOs and 1999 Asylum Act 30.10. The role of the public defender of rights in asylum procedure 6.11. Protection of refugees and asylum-seekers in the Czech Republic 13.11. UNHCR 20.11. Nader Khan case 27.11. European Asylum Law 4.12. Case Studies 11.12. Presentations of cases 18.12. Current issues in refugee law
Literature
  • Materiály připravené pro seminární výuku podzim 2003
  • BUDÍKOVÁ, Barbora and Jan CHOVANEC. Anglicko-český slovník uprchlického práva (English-Czech Dictionary of Refugee Law). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 56 pp. Edice učebnice PrF MU č. 240. ISBN 80-210-2235-3. info
  • BUDÍKOVÁ, Barbora, Eva HRADILOVÁ, Dalibor JÍLEK, Hana KATRŇÁKOVÁ, Peter VAN KRIEKEN, Radoslava ŠOPOVOVÁ and Dirk VANHEULE. Integrated English Language Course in Refugee Law. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 152 pp. Edice učebnic PrF MU v Brně ; č.228. ISBN 80-210-2163-2. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Credit requirements: active participation in the seminars, students portfolio consisting of: 1. presenting a newspaper article about refugees from all over the world, lexis and a summary 2. defining 10 lexical items or collocations relating to the issues, e.g. economic migrants, agents of persecution, race, voluntary re-availment of national protection . 3. choosing 20 lines from Immigration and Asylum Act (GB) and its translation into Czech 4. describing the administrative procedure in the Czech Republic - 1 page 5. giving ones opinion on the emigration from the Czech Republic and stating the reasons why people flee the country - essay 1 page 6. comparing the position of asylum-seekers in the CR and one of the EU countries, stating advantages and disadvantages - 1 page 7. case study - choosing the case, stating the facts and giving legal reasoning of ones own for positive or negative decision determining the status of a refugee
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: This course has beeen introduced thanks to the kind sponsorship of JHEF.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Studenti ISP budou zapsani i pri regisitraci nad limit po 15.9.2001 - nutno požádat na stud. odd. do 10.9.2001
Teacher's information
http://www.law.muni.cz/katedry/jazyky/refugee/index.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002.
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