MP415Zk Economic Foundations of Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Dr Mgr. Damian Czudek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Michal Janovec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ing. Petr Machálek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Petr Mrkývka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Neckář, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ivana Pařízková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Johan Schweigl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Martin Svoboda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Eva Tomášková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Eva Tomášková, Ph.D.
Department of Financial Law and Economics – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Supplier department: Department of Financial Law and Economics – Faculty of Law
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
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_) (2)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)
Course objectives
The aim of this lecture is to explain the relationship of economics and law, to explain the basic economic concepts and principles and to introduce with economic analysis of law. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic information presented in the account sheets, to know the basic sources of financing corporate activities, to understand the matters of loans, to know about the tax system.
Learning outcomes
After completing the Economic Foundations of Law course, the student will clarify the interrelationships between economics and law. The subject is a combination of basic information from the fields of law and economics. In addition to general information, students will receive information about individual forms of economic entities, their financing, control, labor-legal relations, but also the termination of their insolvency and liquidation activities. Students will use all this information in subsequent legal subjects (especially financial law, international, private law, etc.).
Syllabus
  • Introduction Relationship Economics and Law in history Economic analysis of law Relationship Economics and Law in the firms Relationship Economics and Law in the state Relationship Economics and Law in the world
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ZAJÍČEK, Miroslav, Karel ZEMAN and Ronald Harry COASE. Kapitoly z Chicagské ekonomické školy,. 1st ed. Praha:: Oeconomica,, 2007. ISBN 978-80-245-1261-7. info
  • CAMERON, Rondo. Stručné ekonomické dějiny světa :od doby kamenné do současnosti. Translated by Vladimír Drábek. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1996, 475 s. ISBN 80-85865-21-1. info
    not specified
  • BLAŽEK, Jiří, Herbert HEISSLER, Jan KUBÍČEK, Dana VIKTOROVÁ and Petr WAWROSZ. Ekonomie, právo a hospodářská politika v českém prostředí (Economy, Law and Economic Policy in Czech Contexts). 1. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2012, 392 pp. 1009. ISBN 978-80-7357-847-3. info
  • EPSTEIN, Richard Allen. Právo, ekonomie a politika. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2010, 288 s. ISBN 9788073575298. info
  • FUCHS, Kamil and Ján LISÝ. Dějiny ekonomických teorií pro právníky. 2. nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 184 s. ISBN 8021040548. info
  • ROTHBARD, Murray Newton. Ekonomie státních zásahů. Edited by Josef Šíma - Dan Šťastný. Praha: Liberální institut, 2001, 464 s. ISBN 80-86389-10-3. info
  • Ekonomika, právo a politika : sborník textů. Praha: CEP, 1999. info
Teaching methods
Methods of this course are lectures with discussions.
Assessment methods
Exam from this lecture is divided into two parts – written exam and verbal exam. The form of written exam is test included closed and opened questions. Verbal exam follows after successful written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms 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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