MVV19468K Canon Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Damián Němec, Dr. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, 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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVV19468K/01: Fri 12. 3. 8:00–9:40 160, 10:00–11:40 160, 12:00–13:40 160, Fri 9. 4. 8:00–9:40 160, 10:00–11:40 160, 12:00–13:40 160, Fri 30. 4. 8:00–9:40 160, 10:00–11:40 160, 12:00–13:40 160, Fri 21. 5. 8:00–9:40 160, 10:00–11:40 160, 12:00–13:40 160, D. Němec
Prerequisites
The course contains basic information about canon law, especially of the Catholic Church: a brief summary of the historical development of canon law, introduction to the general principles of law, structure of the government, disciplines in the area of sacraments (including the inception and dration of marriage), education and upbringing, property, criminal and procedural law. It also provides orientation in the legal system of the largest churches in the Czech Republic. The course is intended primarily for students of the Faculty of Law, who will be able to familiarize themselves with the legal material of canon law, which significantly shape Western legal thought, and with the legal order of the largest Christian churches in the Czech Republic. The target group may also be students of other faculties who are interested in the issue of the regulation of the life of Christian churches (in particular in the Czech Republic), especially the philosophical and pedagogical faculties.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Graduates will be able to understand the basic concepts and institutes of canon law and the structure of the largest Christian churches in the Czech Republic, determine the body acting on behalf of individual legal entities and know the basic procedures in these churches.
Learning outcomes
Graduates will be able to understand the basic concepts and institutes of canon law and the structure of the largest Christian churches in the Czech Republic, determine the body acting on behalf of individual legal entities and know the basic procedures in these churches.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, methodology, Jewish roots of canon law, Christianity, church and churches, history of canonistic, the most important historical and currently valid collections of canon law.
  • 2. The division of the Catholic Church into rites and churches sui iuris, general norms - specifics of canon law, natural persons - affiliation to the church, clerics, lay people and consecrated persons.
  • 3. The government of the Catholic Church of the Western Rite and the Eastern Rites.
  • 4. The most important topics of the sacramental discipline of the Catholic Church (baptism and confirmation, sacrament of reconciliation, anointing of the sick, sacrament of order).
  • 5. The concept of marriage, development of conception of marriage goals, theory of incention of marriage, types of marriage, preparation for marriage, form of celebration of marriage and its defects, post-marriage proceedings.
  • 6. Prohibitions of marriage, obstacles to valid marriage.
  • 7. Marital consent and its defects.
  • 8. Convalidation of marriage, separation of spouses while maintaining marriage, termination of marriage.
  • 9. Legal status of children and parents, Catholic education, catechesis and mission, church schools.
  • 10. Property law; criminal law, procedural law, especially declaration of nullity of marriage.
  • 11. The legal order of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, especially the structure of government.
  • 12. The legal order of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and the Orthodox Church in the Czech lands and Slovakia, especially the governance structure.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BENEDIKT XVI. Apoštolský list daný z vlastního popudu (motu proprio) Omnium in mentem, kterým se zavádějí některé změny v Kodexu kanonického práva (26. 10. 2009)
  • PAPEŽ FRANTIŠEK. Apoštolský list vydaný z vlastního rozhodnutí (motu proprio) Mitis iudex Dominus Iesus o reformě kanonického řízení v záležitostech prohlášení neplatnosti manželství v Kodexu kanonického práva (15. 8. 2015).
  • FRANTIŠEK. Amoris laetitia: posynodální apoštolská exhortace o lásce v rodině. 1. vyd. Praha: Paulínky, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7450-225-5. info
  • HRDINA, Ignác Antonín. Kanonické právo : dějiny pramenů, teorie, platné právo. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2011, 367 s. ISBN 9788073801526. info
  • NĚMEC, Damián. Manželské právo katolické církve : s ohledem na platné české právo. 1. vyd. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2006, 215 s. ISBN 8071950653. info
  • TRETERA, Rajmund Jiří. Konfesní právo a církevní právo. Edited by Stanislav Přibyl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Jan Krigl, 1997, 331 s. ISBN 80-902045-2-X. info
  • DUDA, Ján. Katolícke manželské právo. Spišské Podhradie: Kňazský seminár biskupa Jána Vojtaššáka, 1996, 290 s. ISBN 8071420417. info
  • Codex iuris canonici. Edited by Jan Pavel, Translated by Miroslav Zedníček. 1. vyd. Praha: Zvon, 1994, xxiii, 812. ISBN 8071130826. info
Teaching methods
Teaching will take place in six-hour blocks four times per semester.
Assessment methods
Oral colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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