MP509Zk Family Law

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Zdeňka Králíčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Lenka Dobešová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Mgr. Martin Kornel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Zdeňka Králíčková, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Alice Dvořáková
Supplier department: Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 20. 9. to Fri 17. 12. Wed 16:00–17:40 030
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(NOW( MP509Z Family Law - seminar ) || MP509Z Family Law - seminar || MP402Z Family Law - seminar ) && ( MP214Z Civil Law I || CM214Z Civil Law I || MP214Zk Civil Law - general part ) && ( MP311Z Civil Law II || CM311Z Civil Law II ) && ( MP410Z Civil Law III - Tutorial || CM410Z Civil Law III - Tutorial ) && ( MP413Z Civil Procedural Law I || CM413Z Civil Procedural Law I )
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, PR_) (2)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)
Course objectives
The main aim of the courses is to obtain both the knowledge and active skills from family law as a basic branch of private law. At the end of the course, the students will be able to search, study, analyze and comment on the case-law of the Constitutional court and the European Court of Human Rights. The students will be able to understand and explain the human rights dimension of family law and its importance for a human being as a child, parent, husband, substitute parent etc. Students will study and work with foreign legal orders to understand the process of convergence and divergence of family laws in Europe, their roots. The student will get to know the "common core" and create "better law". The students will understand development and perspectives. An only good understanding can be followed by good application. The students will be able to make a reasoned decision about all the family law cases. The students will study, analyze, interpret and solve - besides other activities - both real cases and model cases. They will discuss and argue all the family law topics.
Syllabus
  • Family law: purpose, aim and place in the system of laws. Conclusion of marriage. Putative and voidable marriage. Rights and duties of spouses. Community property. Family dwelling. Divorce. Cohabitation: rights and duties of cohabitees. Registered partnership: conclusion, rights, and duties of partners, cancellation of partnership. Parentage. Challenging. Parental responsibility. Maintenance. Substitute care: foster care, adoption. Guardianship. Custodianship. The rights of the child. Legal protection of children. Re-codification of family law. Europeanisation of family law.
Literature
    required literature
  • HRUŠÁKOVÁ, Milana, Zdeňka KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Lenka WESTPHALOVÁ and Radovan DÁVID. Rodinné právo. 2. vydání. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2017, xl, 355. ISBN 9788074006449. info
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Praktikum rodinného práva (Family Law Case Book). 1. vyd. Praha: Leges, 2018. Student. ISBN 978-80-7502-280-6. info
    recommended literature
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Občanský zákoník II. Rodinné právo (§ 655 - 975). Komentář. (Civil Code II. Family Law (§ 655 - 975). Commentary). 2. vyd. C. H. Beck, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7400-795-8. info
    not specified
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Ochrana slabší strany v rodinném právu. 2. vyd. (Protection of the Weaker Party in Family law. 2nd ed.). Právník. Praha: Ústav státu a práva AV ČR, v. v. i., 2011, roč. 150, No 4, p. 362-377. ISSN 0231-6625. info
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Podněty Komise pro evropské rodinné právo (CEFL) pro další vývoj českého rodinného práva (Complaints of the Commission on European Family Law (CEFL) for Development of Czech Family Law). In Anonymus (eds.). Európske a národné rozmery civilného práva, etický rozmer a zodpovednosť právnických profesií. 1. vyd. Pezinok: Justičná akadémia Slovenskej republiky, 2011, p. 89 - 98. ISBN 978-80-970207-3-6. info
Teaching methods
The course Family law is based mainly on lectures. They give students the basic information of family law and its institutions. The PowerPoint presentations are available on the information system and el-portal of the Masaryk University. The textbook Czech family law was written to give the student the opportunity to study at home and prepare well for practical seminars. Practical seminars (workshops) are interactive. They are based on syllabuses: part one is more theoretical (topics for discussion) and part two is more practical (cases). One time a term the students solve the real case based on the petition, courts recording, decision, opinion of an expert witness, etc.). Everything is available on the information system. The students work on active skills (drills), good written and oral self-presentation. They participate in class discussions. Students understand better the problematic, remember the key institutions and use them in praxis.
Assessment methods
The course is based on lectures and practical seminars (workshops), which are obligatory. The key condition for obtaining the credits is active participation in presentations and class discussions on practical cases, model cases, and case studies based on decisions of the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights, including the dissent opinions. The home individual study of law, cases, literature and PowerPoint presentations is - beside the attendance at lectures - a precondition. Students have to present home written preparation during workshops. They have to defend the results. The lectures are focused on theoretic and systematical introduction into the problematic and on the key case law. The exam is both written and oral. After the written test, the exam is based on the case study and theoretical questions. The teacher gives value to each part of the exam. When one part is wrong, the mark is failed. The methods serve for obtaining information whether the students got both the information on family law and practical skills. For more see IO.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

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