CBZ207Zk Constitutional Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
12/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Radim Hejný (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Kateřina Šimáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Vojtěch Šimíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, Ph.D. (assistant)
PhDr. JUDr. Štěpán Výborný, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc.
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
Fri 24. 2. 11:10–12:40 140, 13:30–15:00 140, Fri 9. 3. 11:10–12:40 136, 13:30–15:00 136, Fri 23. 3. 15:05–16:35 S71, 16:40–18:10 S71
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
The subject makes the students acquainted with the basic branch of the Czech legal system (object, content and sources, the constitutional order, the constitutional fundaments of territorial organization, organization of population, organization of state power, citizenship, fundamental rights and freedoms and their protection in the Czech legal order, the position and organization of legislative, executive and judicial power, constitutional review, the constitutional fundaments of territorial self-government).
Syllabus
  • 1. The object, the content and the sources of constitutional law. The constitutional order. Theory of the Czech Constitution. Constitutional acts. 2. The constitutional fundaments of territorial organization, organization of population and organization of state power. The citizenship and its principles. The conditions under which citizenship of the Czech Republic is acquired and lost. 3. The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms. The protection of fundamental rights and basic freedoms. 4. The fundaments of legal position of the President, the Parlament and the Government. Election law. 5. Judicial power. The fundaments of its organization. 6. The constitutional fundaments of territorial self-government
Literature
  • FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo : učební text pro bakalářské studium na PrF MU (Constitutional Law : textbook for bachelor study on Faculty of Law Masaryk University). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 108 s. ISBN 9788021045842. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
The exam is written (multi-choice test).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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