BS503Zk EU Social Policy

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Jakub Halíř, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jan Horecký, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jana Komendová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Michal Smejkal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Blažek, Ph.D. (assistant)
JUDr. Roman Zapletal, Ph.D., LL.M. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Jan Horecký, Ph.D.
Department of Labour Law and Social Security Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Supplier department: Department of Labour Law and Social Security Law – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!OBOR(PR) && !OBOR(PR01) && !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
Social security law in the European Union is a part of social policy. In this course the attention will be at first focused on the evolution of social policy from the beginning of the European Communities. The most important changes in the aproach of EC to the social policy and their influence on the primary law will be studied. The participants will study the competencies of the authorities of EC in the field of social policy anf the individual parts of the social policy. They also will deal with the regulation of the social security as a part of the social policy especially with the regulation No. 883/2004/EC. At the end of this course students should be able to understand abd be able to explain the problematic of the co-ordination of the systems of social security; be able to solve which benefits and according to which legal regulation will belong to an employee realizing the right of free movement in the Memeber states of the EU.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course student will be able to:
- define the main objectives of EU Social Policy;
- assess the benefits and consequences of EU Social Policy;
- understand the importance of EU Social Policy in connection with the main objectives of european integration.
Syllabus
  • Characteristic of the social policy and its evolution; the primary law and social policy; the secundary law in the field of the social security; the authorities of EC and their competencies in the field of social security; the regulation No 883/2004/EC and the other.
Literature
    required literature
  • GREGOROVÁ, Zdeňka, Milan GALVAS, Jana KOMENDOVÁ, Jaroslav STRÁNSKÝ and Jitka ČERNÁ. Právo sociálního zabezpečení České republiky a Evropské unie. 1.vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2018, 278 pp. Učebnice č.538. ISBN 978-80-210-8842-9. info
  • KOMENDOVÁ, Jana. Základy pracovního práva EU (Essentials of EU Labour Law). 1st ed. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2016, 252 pp. ISBN 978-80-7552-286-3. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with Power Point presentations, discussion, presentation of case law
Assessment methods
oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod. přednášek za semestr / 12 hrs of lectures per semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2019.
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