Course: Expert Evidence in Civil Trial

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Course title Expert Evidence in Civil Trial
Course code SPK/NZDSŘ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Závora Jiří, PhDr. Ph.D. et Ph.D.
  • Hamuľáková Klára, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Expert activity legal regulation, conceptual features 2) The expert versus expert witness, expert registered in list and institute ad hoc 3) Forensic institute, inspection examination and expert accountability 4) expert opinion, its form, content and meaning in professional context 5) Expert evidence and the expert appointment, expert task and evidence evaluation by the court 6) The reward of experts, reimbursement, deciding on the reward 7) Selected practice problems - limiting initiative expert evidence in civil proceedings 8) Selected practice problems - the specifics of forensic disciplines 9) Selected practical issues - expertise borders in the evaluation of expert opinion as evidence 10) Conclusions, exam

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
This course deals with the issue of expert evidence in civil proceedings. Problems are presented in the context of the law and expertise. Besides the basic framework, providing information about the expert, expert work, expert opinion, during the expert evidence and expert fees, the course focuses on selected issues between professional and legal terms and explains the specificity of expert work as professional and regulated by law. Practical examples are given and the case law as well.
Student will understand the basic links between professional and legal level expert examination, expert opinion as a result of the expert examination and expert evidence in civil trial. Student will be able to explain the characteristics of a expert work and their basic consequences when applied in practice.
Prerequisites
Completion of this course is not conditional upon completion of some other courses.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

It is essential that those students who would like to pass the course must have the attendance within the scope set by the seminar teacher and they also must succeed in colloquium.
Recommended literature
  • Dörfl, L. (2009). Zákon o znalcích a tlumočnících: komentář. C. H. Beck.


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: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010X) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter