CMV100K Selected Concepts of Legal Theory

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dennis Wassouf (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. John Altair Gealfow, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Michal Malaník, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Bc. Terezie Smejkalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Bc. Markéta Štěpáníková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tomáš Havlíček (assistant)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Bc. Terezie Smejkalová, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Tereza Buchalová
Supplier department: Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CMV100K/01: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. each odd Friday 8:00–9:40 124, T. Smejkalová
Prerequisites
No prerequisites; the course is intended for first-year students within the lifelong learning curriculum.
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: 20/25, only registered: 3/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to deepen the understanding of several legal concepts by reading non-textbook scholarly texts on these concepts and subsequent discussion. The course is divided into seminars, where each seminar is dedicated to a selected legal concept (law within Czech context, legal norm, retroactivity, rules for construction of meaning of legal norms and the legal dimension of human action.
Learning outcomes
After successfully passing this course the students will
- deepen their understanding of the sources of law relevant to the Czech legal environment
- know how the legal norm is constructed and how is it situated in the Czech tradition of legal normativism
- deepen their understanding of the concept of retroactivity and its (non)acceptability in the democratic state based on the rule of law
- deepen their insight in the complex that is interpretation of law
- deepen their insight into the legal dimension of human action
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory class; what is law and what is not law in the context of natural and positive law theories
  • 2. What is law and what is not law in the Czech legal environment
  • 3. Norm
  • 4. Law is not effective retroactively
  • 5. Construction of meaning in law
  • 6. Human action as legal action
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Předvídatelnost, retroaktivita a zpětné působení práva
  • BYDLINSKY, F. Základy právní metodologie
  • Judikatura a právní argumentace, 2. vydání
Teaching methods
- reading
- class discussions
- directed group discussions
Assessment methods
- active participation in seminars
- open-book essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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