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The Legal Literacy of the High School students / students of University
Uličný, Ondřej ; Urban, Michal (advisor) ; Friedel, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis focuses on the topic of development of legal literacy of secondary school students, specifically students of so-called "gymnasiums" (academically oriented secondary schools in the Czech Republic) in particular. The thesis is based on the presumption that the students perceive law as a system which is incomprehensible, reminiscent of a foreign city that is simple to get lost in. In this context, the thesis addresses the issue of a skill of orientation in law as an element of the spectrum of knowledge, skills and attitudes forming the legal literacy of every student. It aims to find a method suitable for teaching law at gymnasiums that would be able to develop this skill of orientation in law for the purpose of overcoming the difficulties in understanding, caused for the most part by the ever changing legal landscape and specificity of the language of law. Moreover, this thesis regards the skill of orientation in law as the means to facilitate the acquisition of further knowledge of law, an element of the legal literacy. The solution of the lack of the skill of orientation in law among secondary school students, may be found, in the opinion of the author of this thesis, in the field of principles of law. These principles may be used as an instrument creating the system of law that may be...
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