MVV35K Czech Legal History and Film – Manipulation of People and History

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int. (seminar tutor)
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc.
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 (in Czech)
( MP104Zk History of Czech Law || CM104Zk History of Czech Law || MP201Zk Czech Legal History || CM201Zk Czech Legal History ) && !NOWANY( MVV36K Legal History and Film )
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 27/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: increase knowledge of Czech and Czechoslovak Legal History;
review legal and artistic vision of history;
understand a distinction between medieval and contemporary concept of law
illustrate manipulating people in totalitarian societies;
compare a period manipulation with historical experience
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to: - to realize the impact of legal regulations, their application and the overall political situation in various stages of historical development on the life of an individual in a specific situation and in the context of development in the territory of the Czech Republic and the former Czechoslovakia, - thanks to the knowledge of legal history, to understand some of the processes that took place in law and state development recently, or are currently underway.
Syllabus
  • 1. Medieval and Early Modern Criminal law;
  • 2.Portrait of The First Republic;
  • 3. Munich and its interpretation;
  • 4.Anti-semitism within our history;
  • 5.The Cold War;
  • 6.Law and its application in the years 1948-1989.
Literature
    required literature
  • VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Karel SCHELLE and Vilém KNOLL. České právní dějiny (Czech Legal History). 1st ed. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2008, 684 pp. Právo. ISBN 978-80-7380-127-4. info
    recommended literature
  • TAUCHEN, Jaromír, Ladislav VOJÁČEK, David KOLUMBER, Pavel SALÁK and Ondřej HORÁK. České právní dějiny po roce 1989 (Czech Legal History after 1989). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2023, 220 pp. Edice učebnic Právnické fakulty MU, sv. č. 560. ISBN 978-80-280-0227-5. info
  • RATAJ, Jan and Přemysl HOUDA. Československo v proměnách komunistického režimu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oeconomica, 2010, 455 s. ISBN 9788024516967. info
  • BOBEK, Michal, Pavel MOLEK and Vojtěch (eds.) ŠIMÍČEK. Komunistické právo v Československu. Kapitoly z dějin bezpráví. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, 1007 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4844-7. info
  • KUKLÍK, Jan. Vývoj československého práva 1945-1989. Praha: Linde Praha, akciová společnost, 2009, 727 stran. ISBN 9788072017416. info
Teaching methods
a film projection and guided discussion
Assessment methods
continuous tests
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms 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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