DAC3CLM Comparative Legal Methodology for CCL

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Ladislav Vyhnánek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. David Kosař, Ph.D., LL.M., J. S. D.
Prerequisites
Basic legal research methodology course (DAC2RM Legal Research Methodology for CCL).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to make the students acquainted with a variety of methodological approaches in comparative constitutional law and to help the student apply these methods in his/her research.
Learning outcomes
After the completion of the course, the student will: - understand the main issues of comparative constitutional law methodology - be able to apply these methodological approaches in his/her own research
Syllabus
  • 1) Comparative law - basic problems 2) Case studies and case selection in CCL 3) Functionalism in CCL 4) Alternatives to functionalism I 5) Alternatives to functionalism II
Literature
    required literature
  • Comparative constitutional law. Edited by Mark V. Tushnet. Cheltenham: Elgar research collection, 2017, xxvii, 735. ISBN 9781785362699. info
  • TUSHNET, Mark V. Advanced introduction to comparative constitutional law. Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 2014, vi, 133. ISBN 9781783473519. info
Teaching methods
Workshop, group discussions, project presentations by students, reading.
This class will consist of two parts: 1) a semester long series of group discussions (based on home preparation, mandatory for Comparative constitutional law students) and 2) a worskhop about comparative legal methods that will also be open to students from other doctoral programs (where the "long" version of the comparative methodological course is not mandatory, see DA3LRM02 Legal Research Methodology II).
Assessment methods
evaluation of students' project presentations
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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