BZ207Zk Constitutional Law for Bachelors

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Alžbeta Králová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Sebastian Josef Wright (assistant)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D.
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 (in Czech)
!OBOR(PR) && !OBOR(PR01) && !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.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject makes the students acquainted with the basic branch of the Czech legal system (object, content and sources, the constitutional order, the constitutional fundaments of territorial organization, organization of population, organization of state power, citizenship, fundamental rights and freedoms and their protection in the Czech legal order, the position and organization of legislative, executive and judicial power, constitutional review, the constitutional fundaments of territorial self-government).
Learning outcomes
Student will be able: a) characterize the basic branch of the Czech legal systém, b) understand its object, content and sources, c) describe the constitutional order, the constitutional fundaments of territorial organization, organization of population, organization of state power and citizenship, d) define and classify fundamental rights and freedoms and their protection in the Czech legal order, e) describe the position and organization of legislative, executive and judicial power, constitutional review, f) define the constitutional fundaments of territorial self-government).
Syllabus
  • 1. The object, the content and the sources of constitutional law. The constitutional order. Theory of the Czech Constitution. Constitutional acts. 2. The constitutional fundaments of territorial organization, organization of population and organization of state power. The citizenship and its principles. The conditions under which citizenship of the Czech Republic is acquired and lost. 3. The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms. The protection of fundamental rights and basic freedoms. 4. The fundaments of legal position of the President, the Parlament and the Government. Election law. 5. Judicial power. The fundaments of its organization. 6. The constitutional fundaments of territorial self-government
Literature
    required literature
  • FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo.Učební text pro bakalářské studium (Constitutional Law. Textbook for bachelor study). 4. aktualizované a doplněné. v Brně: MU, 2015, 168 pp. učebnice - 519. ISBN 978-80-210-7845-1. info
    recommended literature
  • FILIP, Jan, Jan SVATOŇ and Kateřina ŠIMÁČKOVÁ. Státověda. Učební text pro bakalářské studium. 2. dotisk 3. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2018, 198 pp. Edice učebnic Právnické fakulty MU, č. 524. ISBN 978-80-210-7972-4. info
    not specified
  • FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo.Učební text pro bakalářské studium. 4. aktualizované a doplněné. v Brně: MU, 2015 (2 dotisk 4 akt. a dopl. vyd. 2020). 168 s. učebnice - 519. ISBN 978-80-210-7845-1.
Teaching methods
lectures, e-learning
Assessment methods
The exam is written.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod. přednášek za semestr / 12 hrs of lectures per semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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