MV940K European Criminal Law

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Jaroslav Fenyk, Ph.D., DSc., Univ. Priv. Prof. (lecturer)
JUDr. Přemysl Polák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Jaroslav Fenyk, Ph.D., DSc., Univ. Priv. Prof.
Department of Criminal Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Jana Dopitová
Supplier department: Department of Criminal Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 23. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Wednesday 8:00–9:40 257
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MV940K/01: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Wednesday 8:00–9:40 257, J. Fenyk, P. Polák
Prerequisites
MP804Zk Criminal Law III
Criminal law I can be appropriate prerequisition
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 17/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The basic aim of the course is to explain the historical development, objectives and methods of the so-called Europeanization of criminal law. The explanations will be accompanied by an analysis of the individual phases of Europeanization from the perspective of the Council of Europe and the European Union, accompanied by an analysis of the legal instruments of Europeanization in comparison with the public international law. At the end of the course, the student will gain an overview of European criminal law, be able to navigate in this environment, analyse the legal instruments and compare the different institutes and instruments on the basis of the acquired knowledge. A significant part of the course will focus on the organisation and scope of the European Public Prosecutor's Office within the EU Member States and the Czech Republic. The course will also focus on the decision-making practice and the relationship between the ECtHR and the CJEU, as well as on the criminal law protection of EU budget funds. In the field of criminal law, the course will always include a body of substantive and procedural law.
Learning outcomes
Students will be oriented in the basic institutes of international judicial cooperation with third countries as well as within the EU. At the same time they will be able to name and explain the influences in the field of substantive criminal law that operate within the Council of Europe and the European Union. They will become familiar with the important decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU which influence the Czech legal order in the field of criminal law, they will be able to apply this knowledge in their further studies (within the framework of diploma theses or within the framework of CJV) as well as in the practice of lawyers, investigators, prosecutors and judges.
Syllabus
  • I. European law and substantive and procedural criminal law II. European law and criminal procedural law and international judicial cooperation in criminal matters III. Council of Europe documents in the field of criminal law IV. The impact of decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU on criminal law law V. The Lisbon Treaty, the European Public Prosecutor and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights VI. The Czech Republic's position on the Europeanisation of criminal law
Literature
    required literature
  • JELÍNEK, Jiří, Tomáš GŘIVNA, Sergej ROMŽA, Jana TLAPÁK NAVRÁTILOVÁ and Anna SYKOVÁ. Trestní právo Evropské unie. 2. aktualizované a doplněn. Praha: Leges, 2019, 443 stran. ISBN 9788075023759. info
  • FENYK, Jaroslav, Dagmar CÍSAŘOVÁ, Tomáš GŘIVNA and Jan PROVAZNÍK. Trestní právo procesní. 8. vydání. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2024, 877 stran. ISBN 9788076768987. info
  • Zákon o mezinárodní justiční spolupráci ve věcech trestních (č. 104/2013 Sb.). Komentář - 2. vydání (978-80-7598-839-3)
  • FENYK, Jaroslav and Ján SVÁK. Europeizace trestního práva. Bratislava: Bratislavská vysoká škola práva, 2008, 233 s. ISBN 9788088931881. info
  • Náhradní obsah: Draštík, A., Fenyk, J., a kol. Trestní řád komentár, Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, a.s., 2017978-80-7552-601-4
    recommended literature
  • MITSILEGAS, Valsamis. EU criminal law after Lisbon : rights, trust and the transformation of justice in Europe. First published. Oxford: Hart publishing, 2016, xxxiii, 29. ISBN 9781849466486. info
  • TOMÁŠEK, Michal. Europeizace trestního práva. Praha: Linde, 2009, 459 s. ISBN 9788072017379. info
  • FENYK, Jaroslav. European Public Prosecutor - A Step towards Mutual Recognition, or Establishment of European Criminal Justice? In Czech yearbook of international law - Second Decade Ahead: Tracing the Global Crisis 2010. 1. vydání. New York: Juris Publishing, Inc., 2010, p. 187-205. ISBN 978-1-57823-272-7. info
  • Corpus juris :introducing penal provisions for the purpose of the financial interests of the European Union. Edited by Mireille Delmas-Marty. Paris: Economica, 1997, 179 s. ISBN 2717833447. info
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Vladimír. České trestní právo hmotné a procesní v evropském právním prostředí (The Czech Criminal Law and Criminal Process Law in the european legal surround). Brno: Masarykova univerzita; Právnická fakulta, 2009, 184 pp. Spisy Právnické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity AUBI. ISBN 978-80-210-4982-6. info
  • Časopisy Eucrim. Dostupné na: https://eucrim.eu/articles
Teaching methods
Lectures are combined with seminars. Lectures are conducted using a power point presentation, which students receive after the lecture in electronic form. The seminars are interactive, i.e. specific aspects of criminal law are transferred to the former EU pillar structure and to the legal environment of the Lisbon Treaty (regulations and directives) and the case law of the ECtHR and CJEU is explained and analysed in teacher-student cooperation. Cooperation with an external teacher - a prosecutor from the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office is used for interactive lectures and seminars. Within the interactive curriculum, mainly cases of ECtHR and CJEU decision-making practice will be assigned for solution. The students will apply the acquired knowledge in the preparation of final colloquium papers, the results of which will be discussed with the students during the colloquium either directly at the seminar (in the form of a pre-term) or in a separate term for the colloquium.
Assessment methods
Education will be conducted by presentations and seminars, final coloquium (written essay from the presentations and seminars content).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
Students obtain necessary number of credites in connection of extent of study material.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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