PrF:CM310Z Constitutional Law II - sem. - Course Information

CM310Z Constitutional Law II - Seminar

Extent and Intensity

0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. JUDr. David Kosař, Ph.D., LL.M., J. S. D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Zdeněk Koudelka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Pavel Molek, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Jan Svatoň, CSc. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Kateřina Šimáčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Vojtěch Šimíček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Ladislav Vyhnánek, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Michal Čermák (assistant)
JUDr. Michal Hájek, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Pavel Kandalec, Ph.D., LL.M. (assistant)
PhDr. JUDr. Štěpán Výborný, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. David Zahumenský (assistant)

Guaranteed by

prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law

Timetable of Seminar Groups

CM310Z/01: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Thursday 8:00–9:30 025, D. Kosař
CM310Z/02: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Thursday 8:00–9:30 025, D. Kosař
CM310Z/03: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Thursday 9:35–11:05 025, L. Vyhnánek
CM310Z/04: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Thursday 9:35–11:05 025, J. Benák
CM310Z/05: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Benák

Prerequisites (in Czech)

NOW( CM310Zk Constitutional Law II )

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)

Course objectives

Constitutional Law introduces students in basic problems of the theory of the constitution and in values the constitution of the Czech Republic is based on. Further deals with the legal regulation of state power and its organisation in the Czech Republic (separation of powers, particular constitutional bodies, their position to each other, rules of their procedure), then with the relation of state and individuals (citizenship, fundamental rights and freedom, their protection, constitutional foundations of the status of foreigners).

Syllabus

• Charter of fundamental rights and freedoms. Notion of fundamental right and freedom. Classification. Freedom, liberty, equality, dignity, non-discrimination. State power in the Czech Republic. Constitutional concept. Separation of powers. State power and self-government. Legal status of a state body (organ). Parliamentarism in the Czech Republic. Constitutional status of the Parliament. Bicameral structure. Legislative process. Legal position of Members of the Parliament. Executive power. The head of State. The government and other administrative offices. The Constitutional Court. Legal status. Competence. Types of judicial procedures before the Constitutional Court. Judicial power in the Czech constitution. Legal status, position, activity. The State Attorneys Office. The Supreme Auditing Office. The Czech National Bank. Constitutional foundations of territorial self-government. Other forms of self-government.

Literature

required literature
• FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo České republiky. Základní pojmy a instituty. Ústavní základy ČR (Constitutional Law of the Czech Republilc. Basic Notions and Institutes). 4th ed. Brno: Václav Klemm - Vydavatelství a nakladatelství, 2011, 370 pp. ISBN 978-80-904083-8-8. info
• FILIP, Jan. Vybrané kapitoly ke studiu ústavního práva (Selected chapters for the study of constitutional law). 2nd ed. Brno: Václav Klemm - Vydavatelství a nakladatelství, 2011, 328 pp. ISBN 978-80-904083-7-1. info

Teaching methods

class discussion, homeworks with scheduled examples

Assessment methods

semester paper, credit

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

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