- Code
- LAW 104
- Name
- Legal Writing and Reading
- Semester
- 2
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
-
The course is very practical and is to increase student skills justice in the field of legal writing and analysis, as well as more technical issues dealing with rules for drafting normative acts.
- Objectives
-
1. The student is able to write a memorandum. 2. To recognize technical rules of writing. 3. To know the structure of legal instruments. 4. To obtain knowledge for structuring normative act.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Intro. Object and Purpose of Legal writing and reasoning. The art of legal writing
- 2
- General Principles and Rules for Legal Writing
- 3
- How to collect and analyze facts in legal writing. Letter to the client
- 4
- The legislative process.Structure of the Normative Act
- 5
- Court documents. Drafting lawsuits
- 6
- Normative writing texts. References - Repeal of law- amendments
- 7
- Structure of Legal Instruments
- 8
- Midterm Exam
- 9
- How to write a Memorandum
- 10
- The identification of the case. How to write a legal essay and a thesis
- 11
- The General Legal Reasoning. Interpretation of legal texts
- 12
- Normative language
- 13
- “IRAC” Methods of Analysis
- 14
- Practical exercises, presentations
- 15
- Preperation for the Exam
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Student will be able to write a memorandium, a letter to the client, a lawsuit, an administrative act etc.
- 2
- Student will be able to recognize the technical rules of writing
- 3
- Student will be able to know the structure of legal instruments
- 4
- Student will be able to have knowledge about the structure of the normative act
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 10% 10%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 20% 20%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 60%
- Final exam percent
- 40%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 1 1 1
- Midterms
- 1 10 10
- Final exam
- 1 15 15
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 116
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 4.64
- ECTS
- 5.00