Logic for lawyers Field of study: Law
Programme code: W5-SMPR19.2025

Module name: Logic for lawyers
Module code: log_01
Programme code: W5-SMPR19.2025
Semester: winter semester 2025/2026
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 7
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The purpose of the curriculum objectives in logic for lawyers are exercises oriented to the verification of reasoning. Students complete and expand their knowledge in the following areas: 1. Issues including introduction to semiotics and semiology. Sign, language and sub-languages; the main functions of language (descriptive, expressive, performative). Syntactic categories. 2. Names: construction of a name (functors, arguments), connotation, denotation and supposition of a name. Special linguistic phenomena (oxymorons, pleonasm, etc.). 3. Relationships between ranges of names. Logical division. 4. Definitions and defining. Ambiguity of names, equivocation. 5. Relations. 6. Judgments. Sentences: structure, truthfulness, modality, question sentences. 7. Complex sentences, truthfulness functors. Amphibologies. 8. Tautologies of the calculus of sentences. 9. Categorical sentences, transformation of sentences (conversion, obversion, contrapositions, inversions). 10. The logical square, arguments of legal logic (a fortiori, a contrario, reductio ad absurdum). 11. Categorical syllogism (legal syllogism), enthemata and epicheremata. 12. Reasoning: deductive, reductive, progressive and regressive. 13. Explanation and verification. On the reliability of reasoning and the unreliability of empirical claims. Judicial proof. 14. Inductive reasoning. Mill's canons. 15. Probabilities (stochastic, psychological). In particular, the effect of education is the mastery of the principles of correct reasoning characteristic of legal language and the ability to apply knowledge of logic in the future work of a lawyer.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
Has the ability to conduct reasoning according to the rules of reliability; is able to interpret and evaluate events taking into account the principles of legal logic. [log_01]
 K_U03 [4/5]
Has the ability to find defects in others' reasoning, presenting the relevant position. [log_02]
 K_U11 [3/5]
Is prepared to develop the habit of intersubjective communicability, including engaging in discussions in accordance with the rules of logic. [log_03]
 K_K01 [2/5]
He knows and understands in a deeper degree the principles of formation of elementary laws of science - deductively and reductively derived, the rules of judicial proof, as well as the principles of reasoning and legal logic. [log_04]
 K_W04 [4/5]
Is able to carry out the interpretation of legal texts taking into account the principle of rationality of the legislator and the rules of logical interpretation. [log_05]
 K_U03 [1/5]
Can use the knowledge of logic in the preparation of normative acts. [log_06]
 K_U10 [1/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
lecture [log_01] 30 Formal lecture/ course-related lecture [a01]  exam log_01 log_04 log_05
practical classes [log_02] 30 Activating method – educational games [b03] 
Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Activating methods: a case study [b07] 
Activating method – flipped classroom [b09]  		course work log_01 log_02 log_03 log_06
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Search for materials and review activities necessary for class participation [a01] Preparation for classes
reviewing literature, documentation, tools and materials as well as the specifics of the syllabus and the range of activities indicated in it as required for full participation in classes
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Developing practical skills [a03] Preparation for classes
activities involving the repetition, refinement and consolidation of practical skills, including those developed during previous classes or new skills necessary for the implementation of subsequent elements of the curriculum (as preparation for class participation)
Consulting materials complementary to those indicated in the syllabus [a04] Preparation for classes
agreeing on materials complementary to those indicated in the syllabus, supporting the implementation of tasks resulting from or necessary for class participation
Getting acquainted with the syllabus content [b01] Consulting the curriculum and the organization of classes
reading through the syllabus and getting acquainted with its content
Verification / adjustment / discussion of syllabus provisions [b02] Consulting the curriculum and the organization of classes
consulting the content of the syllabus, possibly in the presence of the year tutor or members of the class group, and, if necessary, reassessing the provisions concerning special conditions for class participation, e.g., space and time requirements, technical and other requirements, including conditions for participation in classes outside the walls of the university, classes organized in blocks, organized online, etc.
Consulting the schedule [b03] Consulting the curriculum and the organization of classes
getting acquainted with the class schedule, possibly in the presence of the year tutor, in order to optimize participation in classes, including those supplementary to the core subjects listed in the pursued study programme
Determining the stages of task implementation contributing to the verification of learning outcomes [c01] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
devising a task implementation strategy embracing the division of content, the range of activities, implementation time and/or the method(s) of obtaining the necessary materials and tools, etc.
Studying the literature used in and the materials produced in class [c02] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
exploring the studied content, inquiring, considering, assimilating, interpreting it, or organizing knowledge obtained from the literature, documentation, instructions, scenarios, etc., used in class as well as from the notes or other materials/artifacts made in class
Implementation of an individual or group assignment necessary for course/phase/examination completion [c03] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
a set of activities aimed at performing an assigned task, to be executed out of class, as an obligatory phase/element of the verification of the learning outcomes assigned to the course
Analysis of the corrective feedback provided by the academic teacher on the results of the verification of learning outcomes [d01] Consulting the results of the verification of learning outcomes
reading through the academic teacher’s comments, assessments and opinions on the implementation of the task aimed at checking the level of the achieved learning outcomes
Development of a corrective action plan as well as supplementary/corrective tasks [d02] Consulting the results of the verification of learning outcomes
reviewing and selecting tasks and activities enabling the elimination of errors indicated by the academic teacher, their verification or correction resulting in completing the task with at least the minimum passing grade
Participation in non-obligatory teaching, research or organizational grants intensifying the achievement of the assumed learning outcomes [e03] Activities complementary to the classes
research, artistic, social and other activities not indicated in the curriculum, undertaken on the student’s own initiative as a way of supplementing, enriching or extending the content and activities indicated in the module curriculum, intensifying the achievement of learning outcomes
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