CM103Zk History of law

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Eduard Vlček, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Božena Vykopalová
Timetable
Thu 8:00–9:30 034
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( CM103Z History of Law ) || CM103Z History of Law
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. Ancient state and law 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. Totalitarian regimes in 20th Century characteristic features of law in 20th century
Literature
  • VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Ondřej HORÁK, Pavel SALÁK, Karel SCHELLE, Renata VESELÁ and Eduard VLČEK. Praktikum z právních dějin (Practice of Legal History). / Ladislav Vojáček a kolektiv. 1st ed. Pelhřimov: Jaroslav Samek, 2006, 236 pp. 1.sv. ISBN 80-86391-19-1. info
  • 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
Teaching methods
samostudium; lecture
Assessment methods
open questions as a form of written exam (no test; 66% success rate)
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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