CM310Zk Constitutional Law II

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Jan Svatoň, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Vojtěch Šimíček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Zdeněk Koudelka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Kateřina Šimáčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Pavel Molek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ladislav Vyhnánek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, Ph.D. (assistant)
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: Andrea Špačková, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 23. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Wed 13:30–15:00 030
Prerequisites (in Czech)
CM213Z Constitutional Law I && (NOW( CM310Z Constitutional Law II - sem. ) || CM310Z Constitutional Law II - sem. )
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
    required literature
  • FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo České republiky. Základní pojmy a instituty. Ústavní základy ČR (Constitutional Law of the Czech Republilc. Basic Notions and Institutes). 4th ed. Brno: Václav Klemm - Vydavatelství a nakladatelství, 2011, 370 pp. ISBN 978-80-904083-8-8. info
  • FILIP, Jan. Vybrané kapitoly ke studiu ústavního práva. Dotisk 2. vyd. 2001 (Masaryk. Brno: Václav Klemm, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788090408371. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Lectures are not compulsory, seminars are obligatory, oral exam with open book (possible using of sources of the constitutional law)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
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