MVV36K Legal History and Film – Manipulation of People and History

Faculty of Law
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int. (seminar tutor)
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
Contact Person: Božena Vykopalová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVV36K/01: Mon 1. 3. to Fri 21. 5. each odd Wednesday 18:15–19:45 030, J. Tauchen, L. Vojáček
MVV36K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. L. Vojáček
Prerequisites (in Czech)
MP103Zk History of Law || CM103Zk History of law
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: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
to review legal and artistic vision of history;
to illustrate and understand distinction between medieval and contemporary concept of law;
to illustrate manipulating people in totalitarian societies (Soviet and Nazi);
to illustrate a period manipulation with historical experience
Syllabus
  • 1. Medieval Court Trial (Film - The Hour of the Pig);
  • 2.The French Revolution and its position within history (Film - Danton);
  • 3.Germany in the first half of the 20th century (Film - Tin Drum);
  • 4.Stalinism in the Soviet Union (Film - Burnt by the Sun);
  • 5.Poland as a part of the Soviet bloc (Film – Katyn);
  • 6.German Democratic Republic as a part of the Soviet bloc (Film - The Lives of Others);
Literature
  • SCHELLE, Karel, Marta KADLECOVÁ, Renata VESELÁ, Eduard VLČEK, Ladislav VOJÁČEK and Michaela ŽIDLICKÁ. Právní dějiny. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2007, 1134 s. ISBN 9788073800437. info
  • Dějiny evropského kontinentálního práva : vysokoškolská právnická učebnice. 2. dopl. vyd. Praha: Linde, 2004, 852 s. ISBN 8072014900. info
  • PELIKÁN, Dragutin. Dějiny ruského práva. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2000, 116 s. ISBN 80-7179-432-5. info
  • KNAPP, Viktor. Problém nacistické právní filosofie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Právnické knihkupectví a nakladatelství V. Linhart, 1947, 231 s. info
Teaching methods
a film projection and guided discussion
Assessment methods
a paper and discussion after it
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms 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, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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