PrF:CM103Z History of Law - Course Information

CM103Z History of Law

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

prof. JUDr. Eduard Vlček, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Božena Vykopalová

Timetable of Seminar Groups

CM103Z/01: Mon 19. 9. to Sat 17. 12. each odd Friday 9:35–11:05 209, E. Vlček
CM103Z/02: Mon 19. 9. to Sat 17. 12. each even Friday 9:35–11:05 209, E. Vlček
CM103Z/03: Mon 19. 9. to Sat 17. 12. each odd Friday 8:00–9:30 259, E. Vlček
CM103Z/04: Mon 19. 9. to Sat 17. 12. each even Friday 8:00–9:30 259, E. Vlček
CM103Z/05: Mon 19. 9. to Sat 17. 12. each odd Wednesday 11:10–12:40 025, L. Vojáček
CM103Z/06: Mon 19. 9. to Sat 17. 12. each even Wednesday 11:10–12:40 025, L. Vojáček
CM103Z/07: No timetable has been entered into IS.

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

The sense of teaching Legal History is to enable students to gain information about basic trends of state and law development in Europe and some non-European states so that they would understand Czech legal order and its past development in general context.

Syllabus

• Development in periods. Medieval law and state (early centralization,disintegration,monarchy of the Estates), absolutism, modern state and law. Estates. Feud system. Process of enthral, position of servants. Role and position of the monarch, central and local institutions. Sources of law, legal relics. Legal particularism. Perception of Roman law. Differences in development of continental and English law. Most important codification of 18th and 19th centuries. Constitutional Development of European states and USA. Characteristics of law and state development in the I.half of 19th century.

Literature

• VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Karel SCHELLE, Renata VESELÁ, Marta KADLECOVÁ and Tomáš KNOZ. Právní dějiny 2. Státy západní Evropy a USA (Legal History 2 States of Western Europe and USA). / Karel Schelle, Ladislav Vojáček a kolektiv. vydání první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 697 pp. Edice učebnic PrF MU v Brně, svazek 227. ISBN 80-210-2073-3. info
• ŽIDLICKÁ, Michaela and Karel SCHELLE. Právní dějiny. 1, Starověk. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 274 s. ISBN 80-7239-018-X. info
• VLČEK, Eduard and Karel SCHELLE. Právní dějiny. 3, Státy střední a východní Evropy. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 430 s. ISBN 80-7239-019-8. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Předmět se ukončuje zápočtem. Požadavky na zápočet určí vedoucí učitel seminární skupiny.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• CM104Z History of Czech and Czechoslovak Law I Seminar
• CM104Zk History of Czech and Czechoslovak Law I
• CM106 Roman Law I

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• CMVE001Z Chapters from the Medieval Law in the Czech Lands
  NOW(MP103Zk) && NOW(MP106Z) && !MP103Z && !MP106Z && !CM103Z && !CM106Z  
• MVE001Z Chapters from the Medieval Law in the Czech Lands
  NOW(MP103Zk) && NOW(MP106Z) && !MP103Z && !MP106Z && !CM103Z && !CM106Z  
• MV102K History of the Czech State and Law until 1620
  !MP104Zk && !MP103Z && !MP106Z && !MP113Z && !CM104Zk && !CM103Z && !CM106Z && !CM113Z && !MP103Zk && !MP113Zk  

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