SOC015 Czech Legal Culture

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc.
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
Course objectives (in Czech)
The subject is aimed to provide international students basic understanding of Czech legal environment with regards to its historical, social and cultural background.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to Czech legal culture 2. History of the Czech law 3. Czech philosophy of law 4. Defining legal state doctrine, welfare state doctrine in Czech legal environment 5. System of Czech law compared to continental Europe and Anglo-American systems 6. Material and formal sources of Czech law 7. Distribution of powers, introduction to Czech legal professions 8. Processes and techniques in modern Czech legislature 9. Constitutionality, legality 10. System of Czech judicial institutions, institutional protection of human rights 11. Czech law and other normative systems, ethics in legal profession 12. Czech law in evolving society (arts, politics)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2005, recent)
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