MVV13468K Mining Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Jakub Hanák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marcela Hrbáčková (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Knížek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Marek Slobodník, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Dominik Židek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Leichmann (assistant)
Mgr. Martina Saňková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Jakub Hanák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Law and Land Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Jančíková
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Law and Land Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Thu 29. 2. 16:00–17:40 258, 18:00–19:40 258, Thu 14. 3. 18:00–19:40 258, Thu 28. 3. 18:00–19:40 258, Thu 11. 4. 18:00–19:40 258, Thu 25. 4. 18:00–19:40 258, Thu 9. 5. 18:00–19:40 258
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MVV13468K/01: Thu 14. 3. 16:00–17:40 258, Thu 28. 3. 16:00–17:40 258, Thu 11. 4. 16:00–17:40 258, Thu 25. 4. 16:00–17:40 258, Thu 9. 5. 16:00–17:40 258, Thu 23. 5. 16:00–17:40 258, J. Hanák, D. Židek
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites. Knowledge of the basics of the administrative process is an advantage.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 14/20, only registered: 0/20
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Course objectives
Mining law is an interdisciplinary area of law because it uses both public and private law methods of legal regulation. In doing so, it also uses knowledge from various branches of law (in particular administrative law, environmental law, civil law). The institutions of mining law and their application are very closely linked to knowledge of the geology of mineral deposits, methods of extraction and the elimination of their impact on the environment, including the financial costs of the implementation of these activities. The course is intended primarily for students of the Faculty of Law, for whom it will enable them to deepen their knowledge of other subjects - e.g. land and civil law or environmental law. The target group is also students of other faculties that deal with the issue of mineral exploitation from non-legal (substantive) aspects: mainly students of the Faculty of Science.
Learning outcomes
Graduates of the course will be able: to understand the basic concepts and institutes of mining law and explain them in relation to other branches of law; to present rational proposals for the solution of model examples; to identify the authority competent to make decisions; to independently prepare the necessary legal submissions according to the assignment and the nature of the case; to interpret the regulations of mining law in accordance with the constant case law of the courts.
Syllabus
  • 1. lecture and seminar: introduction to mining - minerals, raw materials, deposits (geological types of deposits), reclamation and restoration of ecosystems, environmental aspects of mining 2. lecture and seminar: introduction to mining law - historical development, place of mining law in the legal system, conceptual tools. 3. lecture and seminar: prospecting for mineral deposits and their protection; geological works. 4. lecture and seminar: authorisation of mining 5. lecture and seminar: property law issues (including obtaining rights to the land needed for mining); economic instruments. 6. lecture and seminar: remediation of the consequences of mining (mine reclamation, mine damage, old mine workings).
Literature
    required literature
  • JANČÁŘOVÁ, Ilona, Jana DUDOVÁ, Jakub HANÁK, Milan PEKÁREK, Ivana PRŮCHOVÁ and Jana TKÁČIKOVÁ. Právo životního prostředí: zvláštní část. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 624 pp. Edice učebnic Právnické fakulty MU, č. 527. ISBN 978-80-210-8041-6. info
  • VÍCHA, Ondřej. Základy horního a energetického práva. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2015, 228 stran. ISBN 9788074789199. info
    recommended literature
  • Zákon o geologických pracích : s komentářem, judikaturou a prováděcími a souvisejícími předpisy. Edited by Ondřej Vícha. 1. vyd. podle právního sta. Praha: Leges, 2014, 269 s. ISBN 9788075020376. info
  • Horní zákon ; Zákon o hornické činnosti, výbušninách a o státní báňské správě : komentář. Edited by Ondřej Vícha - Ondřej Vícha. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2017, liii, 937. ISBN 9788075525574. info
  • Robert Lee Aston (2020): Environmental Law for Engineers and Geoscientists. CRC Press.
Teaching methods
Interactive lectures to communicate the information needed to solve practical examples. A central part of the teaching will be seminars, where practical and model cases dealing with legal issues in the prospecting and exploitation of mineral deposits and the remediation of the consequences of mining will be solved through discussion. Students will prepare solutions to the examples before the seminar. Classes will be taught in four-hour blocks once a fortnight . The block always includes a lecture and a seminar. In total, the course will consist of 14 hours of lectures and 12 hours of seminars. The teaching will also include an excursion to a site in the vicinity of Brno, where mining and the removal of the consequences of mineral extraction are taking place. As part of the excursion, the basic issues of mining and mineral processing, solutions to reclamation of the area and economic issues will be professionally explained and documented by the representatives of the practice. The students will also get acquainted with the legal documents on the basis of which mining is carried out. Direct acquaintance with the history and consequences of mining activities will enable a better and more effective understanding of the relevant legislation (material sources of law) and its application. The e-learning is provided with an interactive syllabi, background materials in electronic form and links to various (also media) publicly available resources in electronic form.
Assessment methods
Combination of written and oral performance (discussion) carried out by students on the grounds of tasks assigned during semester. Control written test consisting of both open and test questions.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Studenti PrF musí mít absolvován předmět MP313Zk
Information about innovation of course.
The course is taught in cooperation with the Mining Union

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Teacher's information
The exact scope of required readings with page assignments is given in the Interactive Syllabus.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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