PrF:D4USP03 Constitutional Law IV - Course Information

D4USP03 Constitutional Law IV

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Jan Svatoň, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Vojtěch Šimíček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

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

Prerequisites

D3USP03 Constitutional Law III
Fulfillment of the requirements for course credit D3USPO3 Constitutional Law 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

• Constitutional Law and Theory of State (programme PrF, D-TPV4) (2)

Course objectives

Constitutional Law introduces students in basic problems of the theory of the constitution and in values the constitution of the Czech Republic is based on. Further deals with the legal regulation of state power and its organisation in the Czech Republic (separation of powers, particular constitutional bodies, their position to each other, rules of their procedure), then with the relation of state and individuals (citizenship, fundamental rights and freedom, their protection, constitutional foundations of the status of foreigners).

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, students will have a thorough mastery of the theory of fundamental rights, constitutional regulation and case law based on the study of the main commentaries on the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. In addition, they will gain a critical perspective on the literature in this area of study (assignment based on the subject of the dissertation).

Syllabus

• Concept, subject and sources of the Czech constitutional law. Continuity and discontinuity in the development of the Czech constitutional law. Constitutional accountability. Constitution as a fundamental law. Interpretation and application of the Czech constitution. International law and the municipal law. Promulgation of statutes and other legal regulations. Right to associate and the right of the political parties in the Czech Republic. Electoral law and its principles. Electoral procedure. Judicial protection of franchise. Direct democracy in the Czech Republic. Territorial organisation of the Czech Republic. Frontiers. Capital. Citizenship. Concept. Principles of legal regulation. International agreements. How the Czech citizenship is acquired and lost. Charter of fundamental rights and freedoms. Notion of fundamental right and freedom. Classification. Freedom, liberty, equality, dignity, non-discrimination. State power in the Czech Republic. Constitutional concept. Separation of powers. State power and self-government. Legal status of a state body (organ). Parliamentarism in the Czech Republic. Constitutional status of the Parliament. Bicameral structure. Legislative process. Legal position of Members of the Parliament. Executive power. The head of State. The government and other administrative offices. The Constitutional Court. Legal status. Competence. Types of judicial procedures before the Constitutional Court. Judicial power in the Czech constitution. Legal status, position, activity. The State Attorney's Office. The Supreme Auditing Office. The Czech National Bank. Constitutional foundations of territorial self-government. Other forms of self-government.

Literature

required literature
• Ústava České republiky. Ústavní zákon o bezpečnosti České republiky. Komentář. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR 2015. ISBN 978-80-7478-809-3.
• Listina základních práv a svobod. Komentář. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, a. s., 2012
• HUSSEINI, Faisal, Michal BARTOŇ, Marian KOKEŠ, Martin KOPA, Jakub CAMRDA, David HEJČ, Lukáš HLOUCH, Michal MATOUŠ, Ondřej MORAVEC, Lucie NECHVÁTALOVÁ, Jiří NOVÁK, Lenka PEKAŘOVÁ, Filip RIGEL, Maxim TOMOSZEK, Veronika TOMOSZKOVÁ, Vojtěch VOMÁČKA and Štěpán VÝBORNÝ. Listina základních práv a svobod. Komentář. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2020, 1413 pp. Beckova edice komentované zákony. ISBN 978-80-7400-812-2. info
• Ústava České republiky : komentář. Edited by Vladimír Sládeček - Vladimír Mikule - Jindřiška Syllová. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2007, xiv, 935. ISBN 9788071798699. info
• FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo České republiky. 1, Základní pojmy a instituty. Ústavní základy ČR. 4. opr. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 556 s. (Edice učebnic PrF MU v Brně ; sv. 330). ISBN 80-210-3254-5. info

recommended literature
• GERLOCH, Aleš, Jiří HŘEBEJK and Vladimír ZOUBEK. Ústavní systém České republiky. 6. aktualizované vydání. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2022, 574 stran. ISBN 9788073808655. info
• BARTOŇ, Michal, Jan KRATOCHVÍL, Martin KOPA, Maxim TOMOSZEK, Jiří JIRÁSEK and Ondřej SVAČEK. Základní práva. 1st ed. Praha: Leges, 2016, 608 pp. ISBN 978-80-7502-128-1. info
• WEYR, František. Československé právo ústavní. V Praze: Melantrich, 1937, xii, 339. info

not specified
• KLOKOČKA, Vladimír. Ústavní řízení evropských států. 1. vyd. Praha: Linde, 1996, 415 s. ISBN 8072010107. info
• PRAŽÁK, Jiří. Rakouské právo veřejné. Díl první, Právo ústavní. Rakouské právo ústavní. Čásť třetí, Ústava říšská, Čásť čtvrtá, Ústava mocnářství celkového. 2. dopl. vyd. V Praze: Nákladem Jednoty právnické, 1903, 478, 249 s. info

Teaching methods

individual and group consultations on specified literature, lectures with discussion

Assessment methods

Processing of selected literature annotation. Processing a paper on given subject - in relation to the orientation of the dissertation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• D5USP03 Constitutional Law V

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