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U.S. Legal Culture - JMM075

Title:	U.S. Legal Culture
Guaranteed by:	Department of North American Studies (23-KAS)
Faculty:	Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual:	from 2016 to 2018
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	6
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	15 / unknown (15)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
Incompatibility :	JMM016

Examination dates Schedule Noticeboard

Files		Comments	Added by
	Amman-Sellers-US-ICC.pdf	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	Beard-Economic-Interpretation.doc	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	Corporations-Are-People-My-Friend.pdf	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	Dworkin_The Courts_Embarassingly_Bad_Decisions.pdf	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	exam_readings_2012.doc	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	friedman-economy19.pdf	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	friedman_law_spectacle.pdf	Lawrence Friedman: The Big Trial. Law as Public Spectacle. University Press of Kansas, 2015 (excerpt).	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	friedman-welfare20.pdf	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	G. Alan Tarr Judicial Process and Judicial Policymaking 2009.pdf	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	greenhouse-big-small.doc	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	Jeffrey Toobin The Nine Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court 2007.pdf	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	Krauzova_MA_Land_of_Freedom.pdf	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	legal_terms_2012.doc	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	levy-dirty-dozen-9-10.PDF	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	Nejen-korporační-struny-rozsudku-Hobby-Lobby.pdf	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	sande.PDF	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	study_guide_law_12.doc	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	The USA Patriot Act.pdf	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	toobin-nine.PDF	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
	Why-Privacy-Matters_Greenwald.pdf	Important texts	PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. (08.02.2019)

The course will introduce the students to the U.S. legal system from a European perspective. Role of law in U.S. society as well as various current issues concerning the U.S. legal system will be discussed. First part of the course will focus more on history and development of U.S. law, the second part will cover specific areas of contemporary law. No previous experience with legal studies necessary for enrollment, the emphasis of the course will be on social and political consequences of legal norms.

Aim of the course

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. (08.02.2019)

The goal of the course is for students to understand the importance as well as relevance of U.S. legal culture for U.S. politics, economy as well as society. After completion of the course, students shall understand the key mechanisms of U.S. legal system as well as its connection to critical debates within U.S. society.

Teaching methods

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. (15.02.2021)

The course is based on the E-U-R method, with evocative news stories leading to understanding of the underlying legal processes and subsequent reflection on the wider context of the given problem.

The course will meet every Wednesday at 9:30 at the following address:

https://cuni-cz.zoom.us/j/99378740108?pwd=VlVTMjdaNnZ4cHl5QjB4dW9nMFNRdz09