MV115K Constitutional Development of the Czech State

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Pavel Molek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ladislav Vyhnánek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
JUDr. Kateřina Šimáčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavel Kandalec, Ph.D., LL.M. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Brzobohatá
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:30 034
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MV115Zk Constitutional Development
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 120 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/120, only registered: 0/120
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be acquainted with the constitutional evolution in the Czech territory since the rising of a modern state, with the concept of modern state and its particular exposures in our constitutional history, with the basic instruments of constitutional character from the pre-constitutional era, with the constitutions of monarchy and with the constitutional evolution of ČSR, ČSSR and ČSFR until 1992. The students will get a basic survey of a historical evolution in general as well as of constitutional concepts and their evolution since the 17th century.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic terms of the theory of constitution and constitutional law (constitutionality, constitution as a fundamental law, sovereignty of the people, particular features of democracy
  • 2. From the Pragmatical sanction 1713 over the reforms of Josef II. to the General Civil Code 1811.
  • 3. The year 1848 and the constitutions of the Austrian Empire.
  • 4. The December Constitution 1867 as a road to the law-abiding state.
  • 5. Basic features and structure of the Czechoslovak Constitutional Charter 1920.
  • 6. The breakdown of the Czechoslovak constitutionality in 1938 - 1939. The Czech-Slovak Republic (s.c. Second Republic). Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Independent Slovak state. Temporary government in exile (s.c. London establishment). Basic features of legal enactments in the period of 1938 -1945.
  • 7. Restoration of constitutional order and legal continuity in 1945 – 1946. State bodies and constitutional legislation in 1945 - 1948.
  • 8. Basic features of the constitutional development in the period of 1948 - 1960.
  • 9. Basic features of the constitutional development in the period of 1948 – 1960. The socialist constitution 1960. Constitutional Act 1969 on the Czechoslovak federation.
  • 10. Basic features of the constitutional development in the period of 1989 - 1992.
Literature
  • ZIMEK, Josef. Ústavnost a český ústavní vývoj. 2. dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 179 s. ISBN 8021030585. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
The exam is written (multi-choice test). 61 out of 100 points are required to pass.
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 2008, Autumn 2010.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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