PrF:SOC017 Czech Family Law - Course Information
SOC017 Czech Family Law
Faculty of LawSpring 2013
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. JUDr. Zdeňka Králíčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ing. Radovan Dávid, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Kornel, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- JUDr. Ing. Radovan Dávid, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: prof. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law - 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
- Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Law (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies (programme PrF, KOS)
- Course objectives
- The main aim of the subject is make an introduction into Czech Family Law: History – Presents – Future. The lectures will be focused on key institution of Czech Family law in the light of human rights dimension: Marriage. Registered partnership. Cohabitation. Filiations. Parental responsibility. Maintenance duty. Adoption. Foster care. Guardianship and Custodianship. Cases of the European Court of Human rights (the Right to Respect Private and Family life - art. 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) will be studied and analyzed by students to have different attitude to local family laws with respect to the Court s interpretation and application.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction into Czech Family Law. History – Presents – Future. 2. Marriage. 3. Registered partnership. 4. Cohabitation. 5. Filiations. Case study: Case of Paulík v. the Slovak Republic. 6. Parental responsibility. 7. Maintenance duty. 8. Adoption. 9. Foster care. 10. State interventions. Institutional care. Case study: Case of Wallova and Wallo v. the Czech Republic. 11. Guardianship and Custodianship. 12. Law against Domestic Violence.
- Literature
- HRUŠÁKOVÁ, Milana. International encyclopaedia of laws. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2002, 210 s. info
- KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Czech family law after the Czech Republic has been accepted to the European Union. Časopis pro právní vědu a praxi. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, Vol. 14, Nr. 4, p. 362-370. ISSN 1210-9126. info
- KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Developments in Marriage and Marital Law in the Czech Republic. In Marriage and Quasi Marital Relationships in Central and Eastern Europe. 1. vydání. USA Provo Utah: BUY Academic Publishing, 2008, p. 173 - 198. Marriage and Quasi Marital Relationships in Centra. ISBN 978-0-8425-2720-0. info
- KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Adoption in the Czech Republic : reform in the light of the child welfare laws. In The International survey of family law : 2003 edition. Bristol: Jordan Publishing, 2003, p. 125-142. ISBN 0-85308-866-7. info
- Teaching methods
- - lectures - study and class discussion of the Cases of the European Court of Human rights (the Right to Respect Private and Family life - art. 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) - presentation of essays - drill
- Assessment methods
- Examination – credit requirements: 1. Semester paper – written essay and case study, 2. Oral exam including discussion on written essay and case study.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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