BEP302Zk Public Administration in the C.R. and Europe

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Soňa Skulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jana Jurníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Stanislav Kadečka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Alena Kliková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Petr Havlan, CSc. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Stanislav Sedláček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Veronika Smutná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Jana Jurníková, Ph.D.
Department of Administrative Studies and Administrative Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Administrative Studies and Administrative Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 25. 9. to Fri 22. 12. Tue 9:35–11:05 140
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!OBOR(PR) && !PROGRAM(N-VS)
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
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to provide students with knowledge about the basics of public administration legal regulation in the Czech Republic and states of EU, the place and purpose of administrative law within the Czech legal system, as well as its content and structure.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
have knowledge of principles of organization of modern public administration’s activity and organization with reference to legal aspects of defined issues;
list and use relevant information resources;
understand and explain issues of public administration systems, current reformative processes and aims of Czech public administration in context of current "Europeization”;
apply law on different practical examples and suggest a solution of propounded case studies including giving reason for the solution;
evaluate pros-and-cons of current reformative processes in public administration and formation of the European administrative area based on principles of reliability and foreseeability, explicitness and transparency, liability and effectiveness.
Syllabus
  • 1. The term and the characteristic of public administration. Public administration in its organizational and functional aspects. Position of public administration in system of public authority. Aims and role of public administration. Relation between public administration and citizen. 2. Administrative law- term, categorization, role, subject, system, sources. Constitutional basis and legal regulation of public administration. European administrative law. 3. The development of public administration in Europe (main systems) and on Czech territory. 4. The principles of public administration organization. The classification of public administration system, state administration and self-government. 5. Public administration organization, relation between central, regional or local government. Public administration organization in the Czech Republic. 6. Formation of the European administrative area, its principles and influence on public administration in Czech Republic. Reform processes in public administration – development in Europe and in the Czech Republic. 7. Methods and forms of implementation of public administration. Decision making processes in public administration. Administrative procedure code as the basis of legal regulation of the procedural forms in public administration. 8. Personal basis of public administration. Public service. Civil service and its systems. Regional government clerk’s position. 9. Professional ethics and its importance, ethic codes of public administration employees. Corruption prevention in public administration. 10. Public administration and information. The principle of public administration transparency and the principle of secrecy. 11. Supervision of public administration – aims, survey, system. Public rights defender. 13. Summary. Possibilities, problems, trends.
Literature
  • KADEČKA, Stanislav and Petr PRŮCHA. Správní právo - obecná část : multimediální učební text (Administrative Law - General Section : multimedia coursebook). 2., nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 74 s. ISBN 9788021045880. info
  • HENDRYCH, Dušan. Správní věda : teorie veřejné správy. 3., aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2009, 231 s. ISBN 9788073574581. info
  • POMAHAČ, Richard and Olga VIDLÁKOVÁ. Veřejná správa. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2002, xii, 278. ISBN 8071797480. info
  • POMAHAČ, Richard and Marie WIDEMANNOVÁ. Veřejná správa a evropská právní integrace. 1. vyd. V Praze: Vysoká škola ekonomická, 2003, 112 s. ISBN 8024503107. info
  • PRŮCHA, Petr. Správní právo, obecná část (Administrative law, general part). 7. vydání. Brno: MU Brno - Doplněk Brno, 2007, 418 pp. MU Brnio - Doplněk Brno. ISBN 978-80-210-4276-6. info
  • HENDRYCH, Dušan. Správní právo : obecná část. 7. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2009, xxxviii, 8. ISBN 9788074000492. info
  • LACINA, Karel and Vladimír ČECHÁK. Vývoj systémů veřejné správy. 1. vyd. Praha: Professional publishing, 2001, 115 s. ISBN 80-86419-13-4. info
  • ŠKULTÉTY, Peter. Základy miestnej správy. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Vydavateľské oddelenie Právnickej fakulty Univerzity Komenského, 1999, 216 s. ISBN 80-7160-110-1. info
  • Místní správa v liberálních demokraciích : úvodní náčrt. Edited by J. A. Chandler. Vyd. 1. Brno: Doplněk, 1998, 264 s. ISBN 8072390236. info
  • Reforma veřejné správy v České republice. Praha: Ministerstvo vnitra České republiky, 2003, 64 s. ISBN 8023902253. info
  • Management regionální politiky a reforma veřejné správy. Edited by René Wokoun - Pavel Mates. Praha: Linde, 2006, 351 s. ISBN 8072016083. info
  • KADEČKA, Stanislav, Petr HAVLAN and Kateřina VALACHOVÁ. Právní regulace místní (a regionální) samosprávy: sborník z 4. letní mezinárodní konference/workshopu: (Kroměříž, Právnická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity a Veřejný ochránce práv, 19.-20.června 2008) (Legal Regulation of Local (and Regional) Self-Government). In Spisy Právnické fakulty MU č. 388 (řada teoretická). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 598 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4784-6. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
Final oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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