MVV57907K Extra-legal Influences on Judicial Decision - Making

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ladislav Vyhnánek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Ladislav Vyhnánek, Ph.D., LL.M.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 20. 9. to Fri 17. 12. each odd Wednesday 18:00–19:40 208
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MVV57907K/01: Mon 27. 9. to Fri 17. 12. each even Wednesday 18:00–19:40 208, L. Vyhnánek
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
The lecturer's approval is necessary for enrollment.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
At the end of the course, the student will be: able to understand and explain the concept of extra-legal factors influencing the judicial decisionmaking; able to employ meothods which are appropriate to identify and quantify such influences; able to desing a scientific study examining factors that influence the judicial decisionmaking.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be: able to understand and explain the concept of extra-legal factors influencing the judicial decisionmaking; able to employ meothods which are appropriate to identify and quantify such influences; able to desing a scientific study examining factors that influence the judicial decisionmaking.
Syllabus
  • Introduction. What determines judicial decision-making? How to examine factors influencing judicial decisionmaking? Basic problems of empirical legal research (plus designing a quantitative legal study). Basic problems of applied statistics in legal research. Judicial decision-making and idelology. Judicial decision-making and "structural problems". Judicial decision-making and public opinion. Judicial decision-making and the parties.
Literature
    required literature
  • Články a další materiály zpřístupněné ve studijních materiálech
    recommended literature
  • EPSTEIN, Lee and Andrew D. MARTIN. An introduction to empirical legal research. 1st ed. pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, xiv, 324. ISBN 9780199669066. info
  • The Oxford handbook of empirical legal research. Edited by Peter Cane - Herbert M. Kritzer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, xv, 1094. ISBN 9780199659944. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, in-class discussion, guided teamwork.
Assessment methods
At the end of the course, students wil be required to design an empirical study examining extra-legal influences on judicial decision-making in the Czech Republic. The evaluation will be based on the quality of the project (including how it accounts for theoretical and practical problems discussed throughout the course).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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