MVV11468K Institutes of the Law of Succession from the Comparative Point of View

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Mgr. Radek Černoch, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Iveta Rohová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D.
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
Prerequisites
( MP203Zk Roman Law II || CM203Zk Roman Law II. ) && ( MP311Z Civil Law II || CM311Z Civil Law II || MP311Zk Absolute Property Rights )
Interest in law of succession. Active participation in classes, solving of a case (see methods of assessment). Elementary knowledge of relevant languages (esp. German) welcomed, but not necessary.
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
Aim of the course is to make students familiar with basic institutes of law of succession. The institutes are analyzed both from developmental and comparative point of view. As a result, by comparing different legal regulations, the students will be able to follow different tendencies and approaches to the law of succession. Subsequently, examples and cases will show advantages and disadvantages of respective legal regulations. As the students get familiar with Roman law roots of the institutes as well as with their development in 19th and 20th century, they will be able to easily work with new Czech Civil Code (enacted 2012).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Identify and describe the consequences of specific principles of the law of succession
- Compare the insitutes of the law of succession from the historical point of view and with foreign legal orders
- Identify possible faults or ambiguities in last wills
- Suggest the appropriate formulation of last wills for different situations
Syllabus
  • 1) Notion and principles of the law of succession 2) Grounds for succession - various kinds and their relation 3) Formal aspects of testament 4) Content of testament 5) Pact of succession 6) Intestate succession and position of forced heirs 7) Bequest 8) Other dispositions mortis causa 9) Liability for debts 10) Position of state in the law of succession 11) Final written exam - solving a case 12) Summary and discussing the case solved
Literature
    required literature
  • SOMMER, Otakar. Učebnice soukromého práva římského. Edited by Jiří Spáčil. 2. nezměn. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2011, 356 s. ISBN 9788073576165. info
  • ROUČEK, František and Jaromír SEDLÁČEK. Komentář k československému obecnému zákoníku občanskému a občanské právo platné na Slovensku a v Podkarpatské Rusi. Díl třetí, (§§ 531 až 858.) [Reprint původního vydání, 1998]. Edited by Bedřich Andres - Antonín Hartmann. Reprint původního vydání, Co. Praha: Právnické knihkupectví a nakladatelství V. Linhart, 1936, 680 s. ISBN 80-85963-74-4. info
    recommended literature
  • Další literatura k jednotlivým tématům
  • TILSCH, Emanuel. Dědické právo rakouské se stanoviska srovnávací vědy právní. Edited by Ondřej Horák. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2014, ix, 157. ISBN 9788074787133. info
  • SKŘEJPEK, Michal, David FALADA and Jan KUKLÍK. Exegésis : výklad právních textů. 3. rozš. vyd. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2014, 107 s. ISBN 9788073804893. info
  • LONGCHAMPS DE BÉRIER, Franciszek. Law of succession : Roman legal framework and comparative law perspective. 1st ed. Warszawa: Lex, 2011, 289 s. ISBN 9788326414688. info
  • Občanský zákoník : velký akademický komentář : úplný text zákona s komentářem, judikaturou a literaturou podle stavu k 1.4.2008. Edited by Karel Eliáš. Praha: Linde, 2008, 1391 s. ISBN 9788072016877. info
  • BONFANTE, Pietro. Instituce římského práva. Translated by Jan Vážný. 9. vyd. V Brně: Nákladem Čs. Akademického spolku Právník, 1932, xx, 745. URL info
  • HEYROVSKÝ, Leopold. Dějiny a system soukromého práva římského. 4. opr. vyd. V Praze: Nakladatelství J. Otto, 1910, 1243 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lecture introducing into the topic and legal development of the institute followed by seminar discussion with work with cases and court decisions.
Assessment methods
Students will solve a case according to Roman law as well as Czechoslovak and Czech Civil Codes (Austrian ABGB, Czechoslovak Civil Codes 1950 and 1964, Czech Civil Code 2012). Following this, there will be a colloquium on their solutions.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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