D2USP03 Constitutional Law II

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Vojtěch Šimíček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc.
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
Prerequisites
Fulfillment of the requirements for course credit D2USPO3 Constitutional Law II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Constitutional Law introduces students in basic problems of the theory of the constitution and in values the constitution of the Czech Republic is based on. Further deals with the legal regulation of state power and its organisation in the Czech Republic (separation of powers, particular constitutional bodies, their position to each other, rules of their procedure), then with the relation of state and individuals (citizenship, fundamental rights and freedom, their protection, constitutional foundations of the status of foreigners).
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will have a thorough mastery of the theory of fundamental rights, constitutional regulation and case law based on the study of the main commentaries on the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms.
Syllabus
  • Concept, subject and sources of the Czech constitutional law. Continuity and discontinuity in the development of the Czech constitutional law. Constitutional accountability. Constitution as a fundamental law. Interpretation and application of the Czech constitution. International law and the municipal law. Promulgation of statutes and other legal regulations. Right to associate and the right of the political parties in the Czech Republic. Electoral law and its principles. Electoral procedure. Judicial protection of franchise. Direct democracy in the Czech Republic. Territorial organisation of the Czech Republic. Frontiers. Capital. Citizenship. Concept. Principles of legal regulation. International agreements. How the Czech citizenship is acquired and lost. Charter of fundamental rights and freedoms. Notion of fundamental right and freedom. Classification. Freedom, liberty, equality, dignity, non-discrimination. State power in the Czech Republic. Constitutional concept. Separation of powers. State power and self-government. Legal status of a state body (organ). Parliamentarism in the Czech Republic. Constitutional status of the Parliament. Bicameral structure. Legislative process. Legal position of Members of the Parliament. Executive power. The head of State. The government and other administrative offices. The Constitutional Court. Legal status. Competence. Types of judicial procedures before the Constitutional Court. Judicial power in the Czech constitution. Legal status, position, activity. The State Attorney's Office. The Supreme Auditing Office. The Czech National Bank. Constitutional foundations of territorial self-government. Other forms of self-government.
Literature
    required literature
  • Ústava České republiky. Ústavní zákon o bezpečnosti České republiky. Komentář. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR 2015. ISBN 978-80-7478-809-3.
  • FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo České republiky. 1, Základní pojmy a instituty. Ústavní základy ČR. 4. opr. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 556 s. (Edice učebnic PrF MU v Brně ; sv. 330). ISBN 80-210-3254-5. info
    recommended literature
  • Listina základních práv a svobod. Komentář. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, a. s., 2012. Komentáře. ISBN 978-80-7357-750-6
  • GERLOCH, Aleš, Jiří HŘEBEJK and Vladimír ZOUBEK. Ústavní systém České republiky. 6. aktualizované vydání. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2022, 574 stran. ISBN 9788073808655. info
  • PAVLÍČEK, Václav. Ústavní právo a státověda. 3. vydání. Praha: Leges, 2020, 1160 stran. ISBN 9788075024688. info
  • Ústava České republiky : komentář. Edited by Vladimír Sládeček - Vladimír Mikule - Radovan Suchánek - Jindři. 2. vydání. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2016, xviii, 130. ISBN 9788074005909. info
  • BARTOŇ, Michal, Jan KRATOCHVÍL, Martin KOPA, Maxim TOMOSZEK, Jiří JIRÁSEK and Ondřej SVAČEK. Základní práva. 1st ed. Praha: Leges, 2016, 608 pp. ISBN 978-80-7502-128-1. info
  • BLAHOŽ, Josef, Vladimír BALAŠ and Karel KLÍMA. Srovnávací ústavní právo. 5., přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2015, 519 s. ISBN 9788074786877. info
    not specified
  • Zákon o Ústavním soudu s komentářem. Edited by Eliška Wagnerová. 1. vyd. Praha: ASPI, 2007, x, 624. ISBN 9788073573058. info
  • KLOKOČKA, Vladimír. Ústavní řízení evropských států. 1. vyd. Praha: Linde, 1996, 415 s. ISBN 8072010107. info
  • WEYR, František. Československé právo ústavní. V Praze: Melantrich, 1937, xii, 339. info
  • PRAŽÁK, Jiří. Rakouské právo veřejné. Díl první, Právo ústavní. Rakouské právo ústavní. Čásť třetí, Ústava říšská, Čásť čtvrtá, Ústava mocnářství celkového. 2. dopl. vyd. V Praze: Nákladem Jednoty právnické, 1903, 478, 249 s. info
Teaching methods
individual and group consultations, lectures with discussion on topics from specified literature
Assessment methods
Processing of selected literature annotation. Processing a paper on specified subject - in relation to the orientation of the dissertation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Teacher's information
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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, 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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