MV850K Current Problems of Human Rights

Faculty of Law
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Pavel Molek, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Pavel Molek, Ph.D., LL.M.
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 of Seminar Groups
MV850K/01: Wed 11. 3. 16:40–18:10 258, 18:15–19:45 258, Wed 25. 3. 16:40–18:10 258, 18:15–19:45 258, Wed 8. 4. 16:40–18:10 258, 18:15–19:45 258, Wed 22. 4. 16:40–18:10 258, 18:15–19:45 258, Wed 6. 5. 16:40–18:10 258, 18:15–19:45 258, Wed 20. 5. 16:40–18:10 258, 18:15–19:45 258, P. Molek
MV850K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. P. Molek
Prerequisites
Opened only for students who have already finished the subject Human rights and judiciary and who can read English legal texts.
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
The aim of this course is deepening of knowledge from the subject Human rights and judiciary. It is focused on work with case law and its thorough analysis in context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Particularity versus universality of human rights 2.-3. How to read a precedent 4.-7. Human rights relationship: horizontality vs. verticality 8.-9. ECJ or ECHR? 10. Rights versus political aims 11.-12. Law and literature: Analysis of a novel and dealing with past...
Literature
    required literature
  • STEINER, Henry J., Philip ALSTON and Ryan GOODMAN. International human rights in context : law, politics, morals : text and materials. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, xxxix, 149. ISBN 9780199279425. info
  • KÜHN, Zdeněk, Michal BOBEK, Radim POLČÁK and A KOL. Judikatura a právní argumentace (Case-law and legal argumentation). Vyd. 1. Praha: AUDITORIUM, 2006, 234 pp. ISBN 80-903786-0-9. info
    recommended literature
  • DWORKIN, Ronald M. Když se práva berou vážně : Taking rights seriously (Orig.). 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2001, 455 s. ISBN 80-7298-022-X. info
Teaching methods
Case law analysis
Assessment methods
Final paper and a discussion about it
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 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2015, recent)
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