Course: Legal Theory 3 - legal methodology

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Course title Legal Theory 3 - legal methodology
Course code KTP/NTP3
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Melzer Filip, doc. JUDr. LL.M. Ph.D.
  • Sobek Tomáš, doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Osina Petr, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Horák Ondřej, doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Rosenkranzová Olga, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics of lectures: Basic notions of legal methodology Literal interpretation and its importance Arguments of subjectively-historical interpretation Arguments of formally-systematic interpretation Arguments of objectively-teleological interpretation Legal principles and its comparison Loopholes in law, completion of law and its legitimacy Topics of seminars: Basic notions of legal methodology Literal interpretation and its importance Interpretation of legal text, legitimacy of legal arguments, value and formal arguments Arguments of subjectively-historical interpretation Arguments of formally-systematic interpretation Arguments of objectively-teleological interpretation Legal principles and its comparison Role of judicature in legal argumentation Relation of particular arguments and methods Loopholes in law, completion of law and its legitimacy Analogy Teleological reduction

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Subject is aimed to extend the knowledge of methodological procedures. Seminars will be used for practical exercise of particular methodological procedures on examples from legal practice.
Students who have completed this course will gain the knowledge of methodological procedures used in legal practice.
Prerequisites
Completion of this course is not conditional upon completion of some other courses.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

It is essential that those students who would like to get the credit must have attendance within the scope set by the seminar teacher and they must pass the final test. It is essential that those students who would like to get the exam must have the knowledge within the scope of compulsory literature.
Recommended literature
  • Gerloch, A., Maršálek, P. (eds.). (2003). Problémy interpretace a argumentace v soudobé právní teorii a právní praxi.. Eurolex Bohemia, Praha.
  • Gerloch, A., Tryzna, J., Wintr, J. (2012). Metodologie interpretace práva a právní jistota. Plzeň.
  • Hanuš, L. (2013). Glosy k právní argumentaci. Brno.
  • Hlouch, L. (2011). Teorie a realita právní interpretace. Plzeň.
  • Holländer, P. (2012). Filosofie práva. A. Čeněk, Plzeň.
  • Kühn, Z. (2002). Aplikace práva ve složitých případech, k úloze právních principů v judikatuře. Karolinum, Praha.
  • Melzer, F. (2008). Metodologie nalézání práva. Tribun EU, Brno.
  • Ondřejek, P. (2012). Princip proporcionality a jeho role při interpretaci základních práv a svobod. Praha.
  • Tryzna, J. (2010). Právní principy a právní argumentace. Praha.
  • Weinberger, O. (1995). Norma a instituce (úvod do teorie práva). MU, Brno.
  • Wintr, J. (2013). Metody a zásady interpretace práva. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010X) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer