MV854K Legal Clinic of Antidiscrimination Law I

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Jana Kvasnicová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lenka Křičková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Mikulčická (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Iva Palkovská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jan Slavíček (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Karel Suda (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MV854K/01: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. each odd Monday 16:00–17:40 055, L. Křičková, J. Kvasnicová, K. Suda, Z. Vikarská
Prerequisites
MP310Zk Constitutional Law II && SOUHLAS
Real interest in legal issues of equal treatment and protection against discrimination.
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 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 7/12, only registered: 1/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The course includes comprehensive information on equal treatment and prohibition of discrimination in the Czech national law and EU law from both practical and theoretical point of view. It is realised in cooperation with the Office of the Public Defender of Rights. The particular lessons are taught by employees of this Office or by its external experts. After acquitting of essential theoretical information, practice of knowledge in the form of solution of model situations is the significant part of the programme. Hereinafter, the programme includes solution of particular cases in which the discrimination is argued by the claimants under supervision of lawyers from Department of Equal Treatment of the Office of the Public Defender of Rights. At the end of the course, students will be able to apply general theoretical basis including relevant case-law in practice.
Syllabus
  • 1. Equal treatment, discrimination and protection from discrimination; 2. Discrimination in housing; 3. Nationality and equal treatment of citizens of the European Union; 4. Discrimination in employment; 5. Discrimination in education; 6. Discrimination in goods and services
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠABATOVÁ, Anna, Jana KVASNICOVÁ, Eva NEHUDKOVÁ and Petr POLÁK. Diskriminace. 1. vyd. Brno: Kancelář veřejného ochránce práv, 2019, 296 pp. Sborník stanovisek veřejného ochránce práv. ISBN 978-80-7598-430-2. URL info
  • Rovnost a diskriminace. Edited by Michal Bobek - Pavla Boučková - Zdeněk Kühn. Vyd. 1. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2007, xlviii, 47. ISBN 9788071795841. info
    recommended literature
  • FREDMAN, Sandra. Antidiskriminační právo. Translated by Tereza Kodíčková. Praha: Multikulturní centrum Praha, 2007, xxvi, 209. ISBN 9788025410547. info
  • KVASNICOVÁ, Jana and Jiří ŠAMÁNEK. Antidiskriminační zákon. Komentář. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, a. s., 2015. ISBN 978-80-7478-879-6. info
  • Antidiskriminační zákon : komentář. Edited by Pavla Boučková. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2010, xiv, 405. ISBN 9788074003158. info
  • ŠABATOVÁ, Anna, Stanislav KŘEČEK, Iva PALKOVSKÁ and Veronika BAZALOVÁ. Občanství Evropské unie (Citizenship of the European Union). Brno: Kancelář veřejného ochránce práv, 2017, 136 pp. Sborník stanovisek veřejného ochránce práv č. 18. ISBN 978-80-87949-64-1. URL info
  • ŠAMÁNEK, Jiří, Eva NEHUDKOVÁ, Petr POLÁK, Marína URBÁNIKOVÁ and Lucie OBROVSKÁ. Antidiskriminační právo v judikatuře a praxi (Antidiscrimination law in case law and practise). Praha: C.H.Beck, 2017, 262 pp. Právní praxe. ISBN 978-80-7400-658-6. web nakladatele info
Teaching methods
Interactive teaching methods with using of principles of team work and analytic techniques. Training of acquired knowledge by presenting of solutions of model situations and practical examples.
Assessment methods
Active work in the seminar, completion of intermediate tasks, final colloquium - defence of a written assignment.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: + 40 hodin klinické části.
Teacher's information
Classes are held once a fortnight at the Office of the Public Defender of Rights at Údolní 39, Brno.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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