D4SVZ01 Theory of State IV

Faculty of Law
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Jan Svatoň, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Jan Svatoň, CSc.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Supplier department: Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites (in Czech)
D3SVZ01 Theory of State III
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 aim of this field of study is to learn about notions and functions of a modern state. The outset of the study programme is, in particular, the institutional notion of state and its characterisation. Attention is paid for the structure and activity of modern state and status of individual in the context of further concepted questions of democracy, constitutionality and self-government.
Syllabus
  • State and its characterisation, modern state, its signs and organisation, activity of modern state and its functions, democracy and state, modern state and status of individual.
Literature
    required literature
  • FILIP, Jan and Jan SVATOŇ. Státověda (Theory of State and Politics). 5th ed. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2011, 264 pp. ISBN 978-80-7357-685-1. URL info
    not specified
  • SVATOŇ, Jan. Vládní orgán moderního státu : jeho původ, vývoj a charakter v některých evropských státech (Government body of modern state : its origin, development and character in some european states). 1. vyd. Brno: Doplněk, 1997, 140 pp. ISBN 80-85765-89-6. info
  • CHANDLER, J. A. Místní správa v liberálních demokraciích : úvodní náčrt. Vyd. 1. Brno: Doplněk, 1998, 264 s. ISBN 8072390236. info
Teaching methods
individual and group consultations
Assessment methods
colloquium, credit Ability to analyze the problem, to argue, to find (alternative) solutions. Eligibility to defend the view in the debate. Essay on entered / selected / found issue.
Language of instruction
Czech
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