CZECH FAMILY LAW

 

Co-ordinator of the Course:

doc. JUDr. Zdeňka Králíčková, Ph.D.,  e-mail: Zdenka.Kralickova@law.muni.cz, room no. 254, Consulation Hours: Wednesday 11,10-12,40

Lecturers:  

doc. JUDr. Zdeňka Králíčková, Ph.D,  e-mail: Zdenka.Kralickova@law.muni.cz, room no. 254

JUDr. Radovan Dávid, e-mail: Radovan.David@law.muni.cz

Mgr. Martin Kornel, e-mail: Martin.Kornel@law.muni.cz

Mgr. Anna Hořínová, e-mail: horinova.anna@mail.muni.cz

Mgr. Petr Sedlák, e-mail: sedlak@mail.muni.cz

Mgr. Michaela Janočková, e-mail: 76807@mail.muni.cz

Course objectives:

The main aim of the subject is make an introduction into Czech Family Law: History – Presents – Future. The lectures will be focused on key institution of Czech Family law in the light of human rights dimension: Marriage. Registered partnership. Cohabitation. Filiations. Parental responsibility. Maintenance duty. Adoption. Foster care. Guardianship and Custodianship. Cases of the European Court of Human rights (the Right to Respect Private and Family life - art. 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) will be studied and analyzed by students to have different attitude to local family laws with respect to the Court s interpretation and application.

Room and Time:  

266; Mondays 15,15 - 16,45

Course syllabus:

1. Introduction into Czech Family Law. History – Presents – Future.
2. Marriage.
3. Registered partnership.
4. Cohabitation.
5. Filiations. Case study: Case of Paulík v. the Slovak Republic.
6. Parental responsibility.
7. Maintenance duty.
8. Adoption.
9. Foster care.
10. Case study: Case of Wallova and Wallo v. the Czech Republic.
11. Guardianship and Custodianship.
12. Law against Domestic Violence in the CzechRepublic.

Course Materials:

We highly recomend you to study materials typed in bold.

•  M. Hrušáková: International encyclopaedia of laws. Family and succession law: CzechRepublic: CzechRepublic: Family and Succession law.  International encyclopaedia of family and succession law.  The Hague : Kluwer Law International, 2002.

•  M. Hrušáková: Czech Family Law. Brno: Masaryk University, 2006.

•  The Czech republic: Civil Code “Občanský zákoník”. 2007 editon. Praha: Trade Links. 2007.

•  Z. Králíčková: Adoption in the Czech  Republic: Reform  in the Light of the Child Welfare Laws. The International Survey of Family Law. 2003 Edition, Jordan Publishing Limited, 2003.

•  Z. Králíčková: Czech Family Law  after the Czech republic has acceded to the European Union.  Legal Studies and Practice Journal, 2006, No. IV, s. 362 – 370.

•  Z. Králíčková: Tension between  legal,  biological and social  parentage in the light of the best interest  of the child. Legal Studies and Practice Journal, 2008 No. III, 275 – 282.

•  I. Schwenzer, M. Dimsey: Model Family Code. From a Global Perspective. Antwerpen – Oxford, Intersentia, 2006

•  Z. Králíčková:  Legal Protection of Unmarried and Divorced Mothers in the Czech Republic. In: Verschraegen, B. (ed.):   Family  Finances. Vídeň: Jan Sramek Verlag, 2009, s. 281 – 291

• Z. Králíčková: Czech Family Law: the Right Time for Re-Codification. In: Atkins, B.(ed.):  The International Survey of Family Law. 2009 Edition, Jordan  Publishing Limited, 2009,  s. 157 – 173

 Examination and Credit Requirements:

1. written essay and case study

2. discusion on semester paper

3. written test (YES/NO)

 

The mark: A - 181 points and more; B - 163-180 points; C - 146-162 points; D - 129-145 points; E - 111-128 points, F - all under 110 points

attendance (maximum 48 points – 12 x 4)
activity (maximum 24 points – 12 x 2),
semester paper (maximum 50 points)
exam (maximum 80 points)

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