PrF:D3PVP11 Constitutional Law II - Course Information

D3PVP11 Constitutional Law II

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. JUDr. Jan Svatoň, CSc. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. JUDr. Jan Svatoň, CSc.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Administrative and Environmental Law (programme PrF, D-TPV4) (2)

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

• Concept, subject and sources of the Czech constitutional law. Continuity and discontinuity in the development of the Czech constitutional law. Constitutional accountability. Constitution as a fundamental law. Interpretation and application of the Czech constitution. International law and the municipal law. Promulgation of statutes and other legal regulations. Right to associate and the right of the political parties in the Czech Republic. Electoral law and its principles. Electoral procedure. Judicial protection of franchise. Direct democracy in the Czech Republic. Territorial organisation of the Czech Republic. Frontiers. Capital. Citizenship. Concept. Principles of legal regulation. International agreements. How the Czech citizenship is acquired and lost. 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 Attorney's Office. The Supreme Auditing Office. The Czech National Bank. Constitutional foundations of territorial self-government. Other forms of self-government.

Literature

required literature
• KLÍMA, Karel. Ústavní právo. 4. rozš. vyd. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2010, 786 s. ISBN 9788073802615. info
• 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. (Edice učebnic PrF MU v Brně ; sv. 330). ISBN 80-210-3254-5. info

recommended literature
• BLAHOŽ, Josef, Vladimír BALAŠ and Karel KLÍMA. Srovnávací ústavní právo. 3., přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: ASPI, 2007, 511 s. ISBN 9788073573126. info
• Ústavní právo v judikatuře Ústavního soudu : výběr z nálezů a usnesení. Edited by Věra Jirásková - Radovan Suchánek. 1. vyd. Praha: Linde, 2007, 521 s. ISBN 9788072016631. info

Teaching methods

individual and group consultations, lectures with discussion on topics from specified literature

Assessment methods

Processing of selected literature annotation. Processing a paper on specified subject - in relation to the orientation of the dissertation.

Language of instruction

Czech

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