BEV202Zk European Legal History

Faculty of Law
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Supplier department: Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 16:40–18:10 031
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!OBOR(PR) && !PROGRAM(N-VS)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
define main development tendencies of European states;
understand specifics of medieval state system and law development;
inform about contemporary reasons for constitutional system implementation;
inform about contemporary reasons for civil liberties implemetation;
explain fundamentals of the authoritative regimes in the 20th cent.;
understand the importance of the 18th and 19th centuries codifications for the continental law development;
desribe main differences between continental and common law;
understand reasons of European integration effort (as well as other integration processes) in the past as well as the reasons of its enforcement problems.
Syllabus
  • Ancient state and law.
  • Medieval law and state (early centralization, disintegration, monarchy of the estates), absolutism, modern state and law.
  • Estates.
  • Feud system.
  • Sources of law, legal relics.
  • Legal particularism.
  • Perception of Roman law.
  • Differences in development of continental and English law.
  • Most important codification of 18th and 19th centuries.
  • Constitutional Development of European states.
  • Characteristics of law and state development in the I.half of 19th century.
  • Totalitarian regimes in 20th Century.
  • Characteristic features of law in 20th century.
Literature
    required literature
  • VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Eduard VLČEK, Karel SCHELLE, Jaromír TAUCHEN, Ondřej HORÁK and Naďa ŠTACHOVÁ. Evropské právní dějiny (European Legal History). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, 253 pp. Právo. ISBN 978-80-210-5087-7. info
  • VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Karel SCHELLE and Vilém KNOLL. České právní dějiny. 2., upr. vyd. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2010, 694 s. ISBN 9788073802578. info
Teaching methods
In the classes lectures and discussions are held. Students are required to present a paper during the semester.
Assessment methods
There is a written final exam at the end of the semester (no test; 66% success rate).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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