PrF:MV102K Czech Legal History - Course Information
MV102K History of the Czech State and Law until 1620
Faculty of LawAutumn 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- JUDr. PhDr. Jakub Razim, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- JUDr. PhDr. Jakub Razim, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Supplier department: Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law - Timetable
- Mon 23. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Tuesday 12:00–13:40 040
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MV102K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Razim - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! MP104Zk History of Czech Law && ! MP103Z General History of Law-Seminar && ! MP106Z Roman Law I && ! MP113Z Theory of Law - Seminar && ! CM104Zk History of Czech Law && ! CM103Z General History of Law-Seminar && ! CM106Z Roman Law I. && ! CM113Z Theory of Law I - seminar
- 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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 5/25, only registered: 1/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Course objectives
- At the end of this course students should be able to the following: Understand and learn the basic features of the development of Czech law till the year 1620; Become familiar with different types of historical sources, the process of creation and application of law; Understand the fundamental differences that distinguish medieval and early modern law, its system and function in the society from the modern legislation; Identify the influence of foreign systems of law on Czech law and understand to what extent the Czech lands were influenced by Roman, German and Canon law; Understand the logic changes, which Czech law passed in its nearly thousand-genesis.
- Syllabus
- 1. What is legal history?
- 2. Problem of periodization
- 3. Myth and history, story and law
- 4. The development of the law of succession to the throne in the Czech lands
- 5. Legal sources, legal system and legal particularism
- 6. The role of the Land court in Bohemia and Moravia
- 7. King of Bohemia and Holy Roman emperor Charles IV and his political work
- 8. The codification of King Vladislav II from the year 1500
- 9. Brno as an example of a medieval town
- 10. The origins of legal professions: notaries, advocates and judges
- 11. The importance of legal iconography for legal history
- 12. Final seminar
- Literature
- URFUS, Valentin. Historické základy novodobého práva soukromého. Praha, 2001.
- VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Karel SCHELLE and Vilém KNOLL. České právní dějiny (Czech Legal History). 2nd ed. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2010, 694 pp. Právo. ISBN 978-80-7380-257-8. info
- FLODR, Miroslav. Brněnské městské právo. Zakladatelské období (-1359) (Municipal Law in Brno from the Period od Foundation to the Year of 1359). 1st ed. Brno: Matice moravská, 2001, 519 pp. Knižnice Matice moravské, sv. 7. ISBN 80-86488-00-4. info
- MALÝ, Karel. Dějiny českého a československého práva do roku 1945. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Linde, 1999, 572 s. ISBN 8072011677. info
- ČÁDA, František. České právo kolem r. 1400 a kniha Ondřeje z Dubé : zároveň příspěvek k metodám historickoprávním. V Brně: Nákladem vlastním, 1927, 59 s. info
- KAPRAS, Jan. Právní dějiny zemí koruny české. Díl druhý, Dějiny státního zřízení. Část první, Doba předbělohorská. V Praze: Nákladem České grafické akc. společnosti "Unie", 1913, 540 s. info
- KAPRAS, Jan. Právní dějiny zemí koruny české. Díl první, Právní prameny a vývoj právnictví. V Praze: Nákladem České grafické akc. společnosti "Unie", 1913, 150 s. info
- Teaching methods
- The course is taught in the form of lectures and seminars each week (autumn semester)
- Assessment methods
- Colloquium - to gain a credit it is necessary to attend lectures to a certain extent and to pass a written examination.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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