PrF:BEP302Zk Public Administration - Course Information

BEP302Zk Public Administration in the C.R. and Europe

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

JUDr. Jana Jurníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Stanislav Kadečka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Alena Kliková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Petr Kolman, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Petr Průcha, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Soňa Skulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

JUDr. Stanislav Kadečka, Ph.D.
Department of Administrative Studies and Administrative Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Alice Dvořáková

Timetable

Mon 22. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Wed 8:00–9:30 214

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

• European Economy, Administrative and Cultural Studies (programme ESF, B-HPS4)

Course objectives

The course is concerned to gain or deepen (of public administration specialized high school leavers) knowledge in principles of organization of modern public administration’s activity and organization with reference to legal aspects of defined issues. The course should also lay the foundations of consequent understanding of issues of public administration system, current reformative processes and aims of Czech public administration in context of current "Europeization” and information resources as well. Development of main European public administration systems, development of territorial administration and its relation to central state administration bodies will be outlined. To approach concretely relevant questions serves the system of public administration and basic of legal regulation of public administration organization and activities in the Czech Republic. Through a framework for presentation of current reformative process in public administration and formation of the European administrative area based on principles of reliability and foreseeability, explicitness and transparency, liability and effectiveness this will be created. The course also deals with prerequisites and public administration employees’ requirements, in the light of the law and so called ethic codes.

Syllabus

• 1. The term and the characteristic of public administration. Public administration in its organizational and functional aspects. Position of public administration in system of public authority. Aims and role of public administration. Relation between public administration and citizen. 2. Administrative law- term, categorization, role, subject, system, sources. Constitutional basis and legal regulation of public administration. European administrative law. 3. The development of public administration in Europe (main systems) and on Czech territory. 4. The principles of public administration organization. The classification of public administration system, state administration and self-government. 5. Public administration organization, relation between central, regional or local government. Public administration organization in the Czech Republic. 6. Formation of the European administrative area, its principles and influence on public administration in Czech Republic. Reform processes in public administration – development in Europe and in the Czech Republic. 7. Methods and forms of implementation of public administration. Decision making processes in public administration. Administrative procedure code as the basis of legal regulation of the procedural forms in public administration. 8. Personal basis of public administration. Public service. Civil service and its systems. Regional government clerk’s position. 9. Professional ethics and its importance, ethic codes of public administration employees. Corruption prevention in public administration. 10. Public administration and information. The principle of public administration transparency and the principle of secrecy. 11. Supervision of public administration – aims, survey, system. Public rights defender. 13. Summary. Possibilities, problems, trends.

Literature

• KADEČKA, Stanislav and Petr PRŮCHA. Správní právo - obecná část : multimediální učební text (Administrative Law - General Section : multimedia coursebook). 2., nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 74 s. ISBN 9788021045880. info
• PRŮCHA, Petr. Správní právo, obecná část (Administrative law, general part). 7. vydání. Brno: MU Brno - Doplněk Brno, 2007, 418 pp. MU Brnio - Doplněk Brno. ISBN 978-80-210-4276-6. info
• Management regionální politiky a reforma veřejné správy. Edited by René Wokoun - Pavel Mates. Praha: Linde, 2006, 351 s. ISBN 8072016083. info
• HENDRYCH, Dušan. Správní právo. 6. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2006, xxxix, 822. ISBN 8071794422. info
• Reforma veřejné správy v České republice. Praha: Ministerstvo vnitra České republiky, 2003, 64 s. ISBN 8023902253. info
• HENDRYCH, Dušan a kol. Správní právo. Obecná část. 5. rozš. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 793 pp. Právnické učebnice. ISBN 80-7179-671-9. info
• HENDRYCH, Dušan. Správní věda :teorie veřejné správy. Vyd. 1. Praha: ASPI, 2003, 195 s. ISBN 80-86395-86-3. info
• POMAHAČ, Richard and Marie WIDEMANNOVÁ. Veřejná správa a evropská právní integrace. 1. vyd. V Praze: Vysoká škola ekonomická, 2003, 112 s. ISBN 8024503107. info
• POMAHAČ, Richard and Olga VIDLÁKOVÁ. Veřejná správa. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2002, xii, 278. ISBN 8071797480. info
• LACINA, Karel and Vladimír ČECHÁK. Vývoj systémů veřejné správy. 1. vyd. Praha: Professional publishing, 2001, 115 s. ISBN 80-86419-13-4. info
• ŠKULTÉTY, Peter. Základy miestnej správy. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Vydavateľské oddelenie Právnickej fakulty Univerzity Komenského, 1999, 216 s. ISBN 80-7160-110-1. info
• Místní správa v liberálních demokraciích : úvodní náčrt. Edited by J. A. Chandler. Vyd. 1. Brno: Doplněk, 1998, 264 s. ISBN 8072390236. info

Assessment methods

Oral examination.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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