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Lecturer(s)
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Filipec Ondřej, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
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Tomoszková Veronika, JUDr. Ph.D.
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Tungul Lucie, Mgr. Ph.D., M.A.
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Course content
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1. Introduction to course conditions and case assignment 2. Critical thinking 3. Resource search 4. Citation and plagiarism 5. Formal requirements for academic papers 6. Writing a professional text 7. Use of AI tools and their risks 8. Argumentation and argumentation fallacies 9. Basics of ASPI 10. Legal ethics and ethical dilemmas 11. Presentation skills 12. Presentation of the final PBL and feedback
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Group work
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Learning outcomes
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This one-semester course focuses on developing skills for studying law, primarily with an emphasis on environmental issues. The aim of the course is to provide students with the opportunity to develop the academic skills and professional foundations they will need during and after their studies, whether in legal practice, administration, or business. In this introduction to law, we will focus on developing critical thinking in all its forms, information literacy (searching for and working with specialized legal information), the skills needed to write specialized texts, presentation skills, and teamwork skills. Lawyers, like experts in other fields, are expected to be able to form professional judgments on certain matters. This skill of legal reasoning is sometimes referred to as the art of thinking like a lawyer. After handling many cases, an experienced lawyer can form professional judgments easily and relatively quickly because they can separate essential information from non-essential information and assess the risks of different solutions. When you are just starting out in law, you have to put much more time and effort into forming professional judgment. In this course, we will begin working on this complex skill of legal reasoning by developing critical thinking, the ability to find and work with legal information, comprehensively process a professional text (memorandum), and present its conclusions to others. The course will also deliberately develop teamwork, which will give you the opportunity to refine your opinions and conclusions in your legal reasoning. Transferable skills: critical thinking (the ability to think like a lawyer), information literacy (searching for and working with specialized legal information), reading (understanding, analyzing, and interpreting specialized texts), research and analysis (the process of processing specialized texts), writing specialized texts (research and working with sources), teamwork and presentation skills. Development of attitudes and values: The course material and activities focus on developing "academic" values such as honesty, diligence, thoroughness, precision, objectivity, analytical approach, individual responsibility, discipline, and determination, as well as a positive attitude towards studying.
After completing the course, students will be able to: 1. Identify, structure, and analyze a legal problem. SDG 16 ? Peace, justice, and strong institutions 2. Critically evaluate a text: recognize the argumentative structure in a text, evaluate the relevance of the arguments presented, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a text, including logical connections. SDG 4 ? Quality education; SDG 16 ? Peace, justice, and strong institutions 3. Search for appropriate sources and information, distinguish between academic sources of different origins, recognize a quality professional source and distinguish it from a poor-quality source SDG 4 ? Quality education; SDG 16 ? Peace, justice and strong institutions 4. Use the citation and referencing system in accordance with the relevant citation standard, distinguish between direct citations, indirect citations, the author's own ideas, and general information. SDG 4 ? Quality education; SDG 16 ? Peace, justice, and strong institutions 5. Define plagiarism and recognize different types of plagiarism. SDG 4 ? Quality education; SDG 16 ? Peace, justice, and strong institutions 6. Write a professional paper, including the appropriate structure and formal requirements. SDG 4 ? Quality education 7. Use AI tools for writing academic texts. SDG 9 ? Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, SDG 4 ? Quality Education 8. Give a professional presentation of the final thesis. SDG 4 ? Quality Education
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Prerequisites
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The completion of this course is not conditioned upon completion of any other courses
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Seminar Work, Written exam
Active participation in seminars (20%), three assignments during the semester (20%+20%+20%), final assignment ? presentation (20%) + Opportunity to earn bonuses: a) for beneficial activities ? max. 2%; b) for participation in clinics ? max. 2%. The grading will then be as follows: A: 94 to 100 (108) points; B: 88 to 93 points; C: 82 to 87 points; D: 76 to 81 points; E: 70 to 75 points; F: 69 points and below.
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Recommended literature
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Cottrell, S. (2019). The study skills handbook (5th ed.).
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Draslarová, H. (2022). Naučit se myslet jako právník?. Jurisprudence, 31(6), 36?46.
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Garner, B. A. (2021). Právní psaní srozumitelným jazykem. Nugis Finem.
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Káčer, M. (2022). Argumentačné fauly v práve. Leges.
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Kahneman, D. (2012). Myšlení rychlé a pomalé. Jan Melvil.
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Knapp, V. (1995). Teorie práva. 1. vyd.. Praha.
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Král, T. (2017). Omezení práva na informace o rozhodovací činnosti soudů. Jurisprudence, 26(6), 18?29. https://www.jurisprudence.cz/cz/casopis/omezeni-prava-na-informace-o-rozhodovaci-cinnosti-soudu.dm-297.pdf.
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Kubů, L., Hungr, P., Osina, P. (2007). Teorie práva. Praha.
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Kühn, Z., Bobek, M., & Polčák, R. (Eds.). (2006). Judikatura a právní argumentace. Auditorium.
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Machalová, T., Kříž, R., & kol. (2018). Akademické psaní pro právníky. Aleš Čeněk.
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Melzer, F. (2011). Metodologie nalézání práva. 2. vyd.. C. H. Beck.
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Osina, P. (2020). Teorie práva. Praha.
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Šedý, J. (2021). Kritické myšlení. Praha.
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Tomoszková, V., & Tomoszek, M. (2008). Kurz právnických dovedností. Iuridicum Olomucense.
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VUČKA, J. (2022). Právní psaní. (2. vyd.). C. H. Beck.
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