SOC015 Czech Legal Culture

Faculty of Law
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc.
Prerequisites
There are no special requirements or prerequisites. The course is suitable also for students of non-legal disciplines.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course, the students should be able to: - understand the historical, political and social foundations of the Czech Law
- to understand and analyze the structure and system of the Czech Law
- to understand and analyze the structure of the Czech Judiciary
- to understand and analyze the structure of Czech legal professions
- to critically compare Czech legal system with their European and Common-law counterparts
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to Czech legal culture
  • 2. History of the Czech law
  • 3. Czech philosophy of law
  • 4. Defining legal state doctrine, welfare state doctrine in Czech legal environment
  • 5. System of Czech law compared to continental Europe and Anglo-American systems
  • 6. Material and formal sources of Czech law
  • 7. Distribution of powers, introduction to Czech legal professions
  • 8. Processes and techniques in modern Czech legislature
  • 9. Constitutionality, legality
  • 10. System of Czech judicial institutions, institutional protection of human rights
  • 11. Czech law and other normative systems, ethics in legal profession
  • 12. Czech law in evolving society (arts, politics)
Literature
  • veškerá studijní literatura bude studentům poskytnuta prostřednictvím interaktivní osnovy / all readings will be provided within the interactive syllabus
  • Introduction to Czech law. Brno: Masaryk University, 1993, 195 s. ISBN 8021007680. info
  • SCHELLE, Karel and Marta KADLECOVÁ. Survey of the History of Czech Law. In Introduction to Czech Law. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, p. 16 - 30. ISBN 80-210-0768-0. info
Teaching methods
Interactive seminars - at the the beginning of each seminar, students present their short comparative reports. The outcomes of these reports are then confronted with explanation and analysis of the Czech legal system.
Assessment methods
Credits are awarded upon active in-class participation (30%) and elaborating of 9 comparative reports (70%).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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