D2DER04 Legal History of the Middle Ages

Faculty of Law
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
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
The main objectives of the course are the following:
recognizing the patterns of the medieval state development;
understanding the significance of both the feudal system and the state-church relationships for the state system;
getting aware of the specific features of the medieval law - through the analysis of its sources and relics;
understanding the importance of the Roman law for the law development.
Syllabus
  • Development in periods (early centralization, disintegration, monarchy of the estates).
  • Estates.
  • Feud system.
  • Position of servants.
  • Role and position of the monarch, central and local institutions.
  • Sources of law, legal relics.
  • Legal particularism.
  • Perception of Roman law.
Literature
  • KADLECOVÁ, Marta, Karel SCHELLE, Renata VESELÁ, Eduard VLČEK, Ladislav VOJÁČEK and Michaela ŽIDLICKÁ. Právní dějiny. Vyd. 2. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2005, 816 s. ISBN 8086861104. info
  • HATTENHAUER, Hans. Evropské dějiny práva. Translated by Sylva Adlerová. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1998, xii, 708. ISBN 3406421717. info
  • HATTENHAUER, Hans. Die geistesgeschichtlichen Grundlagen des deutschen Rechts. 4., überarbeitete und erw. Heidelberg: C.F. Müller Verlag, 1996, xi, 475. ISBN 3825210421. info
  • Dějiny státu a práva za feudalismu a za kapitalismu. Edited by Josef Tureček. Vyd. 2. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1968, 373 s. info
  • Výbor z textů ke studiu obecných dějin státu a práva. Edited by Josef Tureček. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1956, 582 s. info
Assessment methods
homeworks
oral exam; essay
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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