ESF:BPP_ZAPR Introduction to Law - Course Information

BPP_ZAPR Introduction to Law

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

JUDr. Tomáš Foltas, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

JUDr. Tomáš Foltas, Ph.D.
Department of Law – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: JUDr. Jindřiška Šedová, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Law – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Thu 16:20–17:55 P101, Thu 16:20–17:55 P102

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

BPP_ZAPR/01: Thu 18:00–19:35 P101

Prerequisites

! PPZAPR Introduction to Law
The subject is related to the knowledge acquired in the preceding courses.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The main objective of the course is to equip students with the knowledge necessary to understand the basics of positive legal regulation. In the first thematic section students will get familiar with basic terms and notions of the theory of state as the law and public authority warrantor. The second section is devoted to legal theory the knowledge of which is necessary to be able to understand the basics of the legal order and system of law. Students will get acquainted with the nature of law as a social phenomenon and with its functions. They will learn basic concepts of general jurisprudence.
At the end of the course students should:
- be able to work with the sources of law in order to interpret and apply them in concrete cases;
- they will acquire the basic knowledge of the system of legal branches and their links.

Syllabus

• 1. State and Law (concept and functions of state and the relation between state and law).
• 2. Structure of the state power (legislature, organization of government, administration and self-administration, judiciary and system of courts)
• 3. Fundaments of Law (concept of law as a normative system, other systems of social regulation, rule of law, legislature, legal informatics).
• 4. System and Structure of Law (national and international law including EC law, public and private law, substantive and procedural law, branches of law, legal institutes and their meaning).
• 5. Sources of Law (formal and material sources of law, norms, principles and general legal principles, hierarchy and collision of legal norms, normative acts, and legal informatics).
• 6. Legal norm (structure and types of legal norms, peremptory and dispositive norms, scope of jurisdiction).
• 7. Legal relationship and its elements (subjects, objects and contents of legal relationship, legal rights and duties, origin and termination of legal relationships, protection of rights).
• 8. Subjects of legal relationships (legal personality and its contents, classification and specifics, representation).
• 9. Legal matters (concept, origin, characteristic features, defects of legal conduct, invalidity, types of contracts).
• 10. Legal liability (concept, function and types, liability for culpability and strict liability within individual branches of law, exculpation and liberation).
• 11. Implementation, application and interpretation of law (forms of implementation of law by means of legal acts and legal conduct, authorities applying law and their practice, process law and its principles, interpretation as part of the application process, methods of interpretation and their collision).
• 12. Rule of law, democracy, social state (concept, meaning and basic characteristics, essential principles of rule of law, democracy and its forms).
• 13. Fundamental human rights and liberties (concept and meaning, protection of human rights and liberties and its institutional framework, Constitutional Court and European Court of Human Rights).

Literature

required literature
• Náhradní obsah: Kučera, R. a kol. Studijní texty „Základy práva“. ESF MU Brno, 2012. Portál výuky právních předmětů ESF: Webová adresa: pravoesf.econ.muni.cz. Oprávnění ke vstupu do webové aplikace je k dispozici ve Stud. materiálech
• Studijní texty „Základy práva“ a “Občanské právo”. ESF 2013. Portál výuky právních předmětů ESF: Webová adresa: pravoesf.econ.muni.cz. Oprávnění ke vstupu do webové aplikace je k dispozici ve Stud. materiálech předmětu v IS ESF MU.
• Zákon č.89/2012 Sb., občanský zákoník, v pozdějším znění

recommended literature
• GERLOCH, Aleš. Teorie práva. 4. upr. vyd. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2007, 343 s. ISBN 9788073800239. info
• SPIRIT, Michal. Základy práva pro neprávníky. 2. rozš. vyd. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2008, 263 s. ISBN 9788073801168. info
• FILIP, Jan, Jan SVATOŇ and Josef ZIMEK. Základy státovědy. 4. nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 266 s. ISBN 8021040572. info
• Zákon č.90/2012 Sb., zákon o obchodních korporacích, v pozdějším znění

Teaching methods

Lectures, readings, person-to-person tuition, homeworks, partial written proofs, data mining.

Assessment methods

The course finishes with a written exam. The detailed information is included in the respective interactive syllabus (IS MU).

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PPZAPR.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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