PrF:MP310Z Constitutional Law II - sem. - Course Information

MP310Z Constitutional Law II - seminar

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)
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

MP310Z/01: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Monday 8:00–9:30 148, Z. Koudelka
MP310Z/02: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Monday 8:00–9:30 148, Z. Koudelka
MP310Z/03: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Monday 9:35–11:05 148, Z. Koudelka
MP310Z/04: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Monday 9:35–11:05 148, Z. Koudelka
MP310Z/05: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Tuesday 13:30–15:00 025, V. Šimíček
MP310Z/06: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Tuesday 13:30–15:00 025, V. Šimíček
MP310Z/07: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Tuesday 15:05–16:35 025, V. Šimíček
MP310Z/08: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Tuesday 15:05–16:35 025, V. Šimíček
MP310Z/09: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Wednesday 8:00–9:30 316, V. Šimíček
MP310Z/10: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Wednesday 8:00–9:30 316, V. Šimíček
MP310Z/11: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Wednesday 9:35–11:05 316, K. Šimáčková
MP310Z/12: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Wednesday 9:35–11:05 316, K. Šimáčková
MP310Z/13: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Wednesday 11:10–12:40 209, K. Šimáčková
MP310Z/14: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Wednesday 11:10–12:40 209, K. Šimáčková
MP310Z/15: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Wednesday 13:30–15:00 160, P. Molek
MP310Z/16: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Wednesday 13:30–15:00 160, P. Molek
MP310Z/17: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each odd Wednesday 15:05–16:35 209, P. Molek
MP310Z/18: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Wednesday 15:05–16:35 209, P. Molek
MP310Z/19: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. each even Monday 11:10–12:40 129, L. Vyhnánek
MP310Z/20: No timetable has been entered into IS.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

NOW( MP310Zk 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, Pavel HOLLÄNDER and Vojtěch ŠIMÍČEK. Zákon o Ústavním soudu : komentář. (Constitutional Court Act : commentary). 2nd ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2007, 896 pp. Beckova edice Komentované zákony. ISBN 978-80-7179-599-5. info
• FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo České republiky. 4. opr. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 556 s. ISBN 8072391518. 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 (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• MVV21468K European Human Rights Moot Court Competition I
  souhlas && MP310Z  

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