CM310Z Constitutional Law II - seminar

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Zdeněk Koudelka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Michal Lamparter, 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)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Brzobohatá
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CM310Z/01: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Thursday 8:00–9:30 025, J. Filip
CM310Z/02: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Thursday 8:00–9:30 025, J. Filip
CM310Z/03: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Thursday 9:35–11:05 025, J. Filip
CM310Z/04: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Thursday 9:35–11:05 025, J. Filip
CM310Z/05: No timetable has been entered into IS.
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
  • FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo České republiky. 1, Základní pojmy a instituty. Ústavní základy ČR. 4. opr. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 556 s. ISBN 80-210-3254-5. info
  • FILIP, Jan. Vybrané kapitoly ke studiu ústavního práva [Učebnice] (Select chapters to constitutional law studium [Textbook]). Vyd. 2. dopl. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 458 pp. Edice učebnic PrF MU ; č. 263. ISBN 80-210-2592-1. info
Assessment methods
semester paper, credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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