MVE007K Development of Constitutional Law in the Czech Lands

Faculty of Law
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. David Kolumber, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. David Kolumber, 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 (in Czech)
NOW( MP203Zk Roman Law II )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 90/100, only registered: 2/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
Course objectives
Constitutional law is a key branch of law that determines the entire legal order of states and it can be considered as a frame for the rest branches of law. The importance of constitutional law is a reason why there is also an importance of constitutional development. Constitutional law is characterized by its low dynamics. Then, institutes of constitutional law have a long tradition and history. However, the course does not discuss in detail the current constitutional system of the Czech Republic.
Knowledge of the development of constitutionalism in the Czechia helps to gain a broader perspective and a more thorough knowledge of the legal system. Many institutes of the recent Czech constitutional order have their historical reasons which are mentioned in the course. The course acquaints students with the constitutional development of our territory from the beginnings of the modern state. Then, with the concept of a modern state and its concrete manifestations in our constitutional history.
The course acquaints students with the constitutional development in our territory from the beginnings of the modern state and its manifestations in our constitutional history, with fundamental documents of the constitutional character of the pre-constitutional era, constitutions from the monarchy and Czechoslovakia, and the development up to 1992 and with the development of human rights protection in our territory. Students will gain a basic overview of historical development.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- characterize the individual stages of the development of constitutionalism of Czech lands from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present;
- identify the main similarities and distinctions between the constitutions effective in the territory of the current Czech Republic;
- identify and summarize important features of constitutional development;
- with knowledge of the constitutional development of the Czech state from the earliest times, thoroughly evaluate later legal regulations, including recent law;
- compare and identify differences in the constitutional arrangement of a democratic and totalitarian system;
- use in-depth knowledge of the Czech and Czechoslovak legal history;
- understand the basics of human rights protection.
Syllabus
  • Constitutional development until 1918
  • Constitutional development 1918 - 1939
  • Constitutional development 1939 - 1948
  • Constitutional development 1948 - 1992
  • Human rights in the changes of time
  • Monothematic meetings
Literature
    required literature
  • ZIMEK, Josef. Ústavnost a český ústavní vývoj. 3. nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 179 s. ISBN 8021040947. info
    recommended literature
  • TAUCHEN, Jaromír, Jozef BEŇA and Karel SCHELLE. Ústava a ústavní systém meziválečného Československa. Ostrava: KEY Publishing, 2020, 931 pp. ISBN 978-80-87475-62-1. info
  • VOJÁČEK, Ladislav. První československý zákon. Pokus o opožděný komentář. (The First Czechoslovak Law. Belated attempt to comment.). 1st ed. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2018, 379 pp. ISBN 978-80-7552-185-9. info
  • VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Karel SCHELLE and Vilém KNOLL. České právní dějiny (Czech Legal History). 3. vydání. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2016, 694 pp. ISBN 978-80-7380-575-3. info
  • SCHELLE, Karel and Jaromír TAUCHEN. Vývoj konstitucionalismu v českých zemích (1. díl) (The Development of Constitutionalism in the Czech Lands (Part 1)). Praha: Linde, 2013, 1300 pp. ISBN 978-80-7201-922-9. info
  • SCHELLE, Karel and Jaromír TAUCHEN. Vývoj konstitucionalismu v českých zemích (2. díl) (The Development of Constitutionalism in the Czech Lands (Part 2)). Praha: Linde, 2013, 1476 pp. ISBN 978-80-7201-926-7. info
  • Komentované dokumenty k ústavním dějinám Československa. Edited by Ján Gronský. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2005, 584 s. ISBN 8024610280. info
Teaching methods
A course is the delivery of a series of lessons on a web browser or mobile device, which can be accessed anytime and anyplace. It is designed as an online environment for convenient learning asynchronously with the exception of two monothematic synchronous meetings (via MS Teams) on the matter of the Czech constitutional development.
Assessment methods
Course completion requirements: Viewing all lectures; passing the final tests after individual blocks; attending at least one monothematic meeting; passing the final test. The conditions for the colloquium's passing are expounded in the interactive syllabus.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Teacher's information
More pieces of information about the organization of the course and the conditions for its completion can be found in the interactive syllabus.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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