PrF:LA403ZK Public Administration Legal Co - Course Information

LA403ZK Public Administration Legal Competencies II

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc. (lecturer), doc. JUDr. Josef Kotásek, Ph.D. (deputy)
JUDr. Jana Dudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Josef Fiala, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Zdeňka Gregorová, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Dana Hrabcová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Jan Hurdík, DrSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Dana Ondrejová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Ing. Milan Pekárek, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Jarmila Pokorná, CSc. (lecturer), JUDr. Jaromír Kožiak, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. JUDr. Ivana Průchová, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. David Raus, Ph.D. (lecturer), JUDr. Robert Neruda, Ph.D. (deputy)
JUDr. Jaroslav Stránský, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc.
Contact Person: Bc. Alžběta Rašková
Supplier department: Faculty of Law

Prerequisites

Two compulsory optional subjects, of the following:

LABOUR LAW FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

LEGAL RELATIONS TO REAL PROPERTY

PUBLIC POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN AREA

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

• MPA - Master of Public Administration (programme PrF, C-CV)

Course objectives

LABOUR LAW FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION:

The module is focused on the characteristic of employment relationships in the public administration and on the questions necessary for managing the personal processes in the public administration.

This module will enable students to acquire knowledge and skills in the following areas:

legal basics of labour law in the context of EC Law with the point of view of the specific regulation of an employment relationship in the public administration

an analysis of methods and instruments for making and developing staff

a system of remuneration


ENVIRONMENTAL LAW:

The aim of this module is to understand the principles of environmental legislation in the field of environmental protection. It provides basic orientation in legal requirements, standards and limitations to natural resources exploitation set by the law. At the same time, the EL module is focused on correct application of these legal rules in decision-making procedures carried out by public authorities.


LEGAL RELATIONS TO REAL PROPERTY:

The module is focused on one part of civil law, namely, legal relations to real property. It follows the traditional classification of property into real and personal, adding the distinction between real property which must be and need not be registered in the cadastre and examining particular rights relating to real property. The aim of the module consists in providing knowledge of legal relations to real property which can be used in administrative and legal activities.


PUBLIC POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN AREA:

Aims of the Module:

Learning methods of analyses of social problems.

Contributing to the knowledge and definition of the current state of selected social and public problems the solution of which significantly involves public administration workers.

Analyzing and understanding functions of the local and regional levels of public administration.

Contributing to understanding mutual relationships among policy-makers at the local and regional levels. • Understanding the European institutional hierarchy and the position of individual institutions within the legislative process.

Providing an overview of methods and lobbying strategies at the European supranational level.

After completion of the module the students should be able to:

understand the terminology of analyzing and creating public programs.

have knowledge of the content and rhetoric of the basic documents of the EU.

understanding various procedures of analyzing and evaluating public programs.

understand the institutional hierarchy of the EU and its access points.

Syllabus

• LABOUR LAW FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION:
• The module addresses following topics:
• labour law, subject-matter of legislation, basic sources, European law context
• labour instruments for creating and developing the staff o recruitment of the employees o individual kinds of the labour law relations, their character and using; the specific features of employment relationships in the public administration o content of the employment relationship with the point of view of the specific conditions in the public administration o change and termination of the employment relationship o respect for the principles of equal treatment and prohibition of discrimination
• labour instruments for managing the staff o internal rules of law (employment guidelines, internal regulations, instructions) o system of remuneration
• ENVIRONMENTAL LAW:
• The module addresses the following topics:
• Environmental protection in the Czech legal system. The position of environmental law in the Czech legal system and related problems. Sources of environmental law.
• Public administration and other persons and their role in environmental law. System of public authorities, forms of their activities. Their competence and powers. The role of the public in environmental protection.
• Conflict of interests in a particular area. Environmental requirements set by the law that must be met by investors in the procedures under the Construction Act. Aspects of soil, water, air and nature protection, cultural heritage protection. Practical implication.
• Legal limitations to real-estate use.
• Environmental impact assessment. The procedure for assessing the impact of given projects and plans to the environment. Practical implication.
• Integrated prevention and pollution control. Delimitation of the facilities under the IPPC permit system, procedure, legal requirements, inspections. Practical implication.
• Legal regulation of air protection, water protection, nature protection, agricultural and forest land protection and use. Direct and economic regulatory instruments. The basic legal duties of individual persons. Permitting processes and enforcement. Case studies.
• Legal regulation of waste disposal and requirements for product packing. Basic legal duties of individual persons involved in the production and disposal of waste. Administrative and economic tools and sanctions. Import and export of waste. Case studies.
• Liability in the environmental law; criminal liability, liability for damage and ecological damage, liability for the breach of the law, enforcement. Case studies of claims and disputes. Procedural issues.
• The environmental protection in Constitutional law. The right to a favourable environment and ways how to enforce it. Case studies.
• LEGAL RELATIONS TO REAL PROPERTY:
• A. Civil law
• a) Rights in rem
• aa) Owner’s right (co-ownership)
• ab) Legal interests (easement, mortgage, right to pre-emption)
• b) Obligations
• B. Cadastre
• a) the subject-matter of registry
• b) the subject-matter of entries
• c) the ways of entries and their signifikance
• PUBLIC POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN AREA:
• Public administration, territorial self-government and functions of regional and local self-governments in the Czech Republic.
• Institutions and participants of regional and local self-governments in the Czech Republic.
• Mutual relationships among participants of regional and local self-government, the EU decision-making procedure.
• The principal participants and access channels in the mechanism of asserting one’s interests at the supranational level.
• The strategy of asserting one’s interests: tactics, methods and mechanisms of the Euro-lobby activities.

Literature

recommended literature
• BALÍK, Stanislav. Česká komunální politika v obcích s rozšířenou působností. Koalice, voličské vzorce a politické strany na místní úrovni v letech 1994-2006 (Czech Local Politics in the Accredited Communes. Coalitions, Electoral Constellations and Political Parties at Local Level in the Years 1994-2006). 1st ed. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008, 387 pp. Politologická řada, č. 27. ISBN 978-80-7325-144-4. info
• DUDOVÁ, Jana, Ilona JANČÁŘOVÁ, Milan PEKÁREK and Ivana PRŮCHOVÁ. Právo životního prostředí 3.díl (Environmental law 3.part). In Právo životního prostředí 3.díl. 2.přepracované. Brno: Právnická fakulta MU, 2007, p. 300 - 327, 328 pp. Edice učebnic PrF MU č. 390. ISBN 978-80-210-4299-5. info
• Zákon o zápisech vlastnických a jiných věcných práv k nemovitostem : právní předpisy, komentář, judikatura. Edited by Eva Barešová - Petr Baudyš. 4. dopl. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2007, xliii, 736. ISBN 9788071795940. info
• FIALA, Josef, Jan HURDÍK, Jaruška STAVINOHOVÁ, Lenka DOBEŠOVÁ, Lukáš MICHNA, Markéta SELUCKÁ and Milana HRUŠÁKOVÁ. Občanské právo (Civil law). Praha: ASPI, a.s., 2006, 1000 pp. Meritum. ISBN 80-7357-212-5. kniha info
• DUDOVÁ, Jana, Ilona JANČÁŘOVÁ, Milan PEKÁREK and Ivana PRŮCHOVÁ. Právo životního prostředí. 2. díl (Environmental law, 2. part). 2. přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 379 pp. Edice učebnic Právnické fakulty MU ; č. 377. ISBN 80-210-3978-7. info
• ČALOUD, Dalibor. Krajské volby v České republice 2004. Edited by Stanislav Balík - Jakub Kyloušek. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2005, 235 s. ISBN 8021038802. info
• KNAPPOVÁ, Marta, Jiří ŠVESTKA and Jan DVOŘÁK. Občanské právo hmotné. 4., aktualiz. a dopl. vyd. Praha: ASPI, 2005, 523 s. ISBN 8073571277. info
• SCHENDELEN, M. P. C. M. van. Jak lobbovat v Evropské unii, aneb, Machiavelli v Bruselu. Translated by Pavel Dufek. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum strategických studií, 2004, 350 s. ISBN 8086598756. info
• FIALA, Josef and Albert BRADÁČ. Nemovitosti : oceňování a právní vztahy. 3. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Linde, 2004, 743 pp. ISBN 80-720-1441-2. info
• GALVAS, Milan. Pracovní právo. 2. aktualiz. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004, 671 s. ISBN 8072391739. info
• KRUŽÍKOVÁ, Eva and Eva ADAMOVÁ. Právo životního prostředí Evropských společenství : praktický průvodce. Praha: Linde, 2003, 410 s. ISBN 8072014307. info
• PEKÁREK, Milan and Ilona JANČÁŘOVÁ. Právo životního prostředí. I. díl. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 108 s. (Edice učebnic PrF MU v Brně ; č. 287). ISBN 80-210-2784-3. info
• JANČÁŘOVÁ, Ilona. Účast veřejnosti při ochraně životního prostředí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 153 s. ISBN 8021029471. info
• KOUDELKA, Zdeněk, Radek ONDRUŠ and Petr PRŮCHA. Zákon o obcích (obecní zřízení) : komentář (The Act of Municipality). Praha: Linde, 2002, 310 pp. 605. ISBN 80-7201-326-2. info
• GREGOROVÁ, Zdeňka and Irena PÍCHOVÁ. Základy pracovního práva a sociálního zabezpečení v Evropských společenstvích. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 167 s. ISBN 8021027290. info
• HRABCOVÁ, Dana. Východiska a principy odměňování závislé práce v České republice. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 131 s. ISBN 8021022779. info
• PRUCHOVÁ, Ivana and Jaroslav CHYBA. Omezení vlastnického práva k pozemku z důvodu obecného zájmu (Limitation of title to a property for reasons of public interest). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 185 pp. Acta Universitatis Brunesis Iuridi ; No 217. ISBN 80-210-1959-X. info

Teaching methods

Range of Modes of Contacts: Lectures, use of commented presentations, group discussions, group seminar activities, brainstorming, case studies. Range of Other Learning Methods: Independent learning, self-study, elaboration of the written assignment, individual consultations.

Assessment methods

100 % written assignment

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.

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