MP611Z Law of European Union I - an Optional Seminar Focused on Skills

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. David Sehnálek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. JUDr. Filip Křepelka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Iveta Rohová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Anna Katerina Vintrová, LL.M. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. David Sehnálek, Ph.D.
Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Jana Dopitová
Supplier department: Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!NOWANY( MP609Z Law of European Union I , MP616Z Law of European Union I-Sem II , MP617Z European Union Law I - seminar )
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 2/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The purpose of this two-semester subject (EU Law I and II) is to provide students with basic knowledge on EU - its development, institutional law, notion of the EC and EU law incl. their relation to internal law, EC substantial law (internal market regulation), including the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. Main objective of the course EU Law I is the understanding of the supranational character of the EU, its law system and essentially the position of EU law in the system of Czech internal law. Those problems are considered under the dynamics of the current developments (Lisbon Treaty). Decisive accent is given to the ECJ case law, that must be understood by students as an equivalent source of law. What makes the subject Právo Evropské unie I - výběrový dovednostní seminář different from the regular course is the fact that the lectures are more focused on the reception of EU law by Czech judicial practice as well as on practical knowledge of EU law databases and work with them.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
apply the basic principles of the application of EU law in judicial and administrative practice
Syllabus
  • 1. History and development of the European integration. Creation of the three Communities and EU. Methods and forms of integration, supranationality. 2. Union institutions. Institutional law. Basic treaties as an EU Constitution. 3. EU law - primary and secondary law. Sources, primacy and direct effect. Legislative procedures. ECJ as the creator of EU law. Enforcement of EU law. 4. Basic principles of the single market.. 5 work with EU law databases
Literature
    required literature
  • SEHNÁLEK, David and Iveta ROHOVÁ. Komentář k vybrané judikatuře Soudního dvora EU. 2. doplň. a přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, 2021, 252 pp. Učebnice - č.495. ISBN 978-80-210-9789-6. info
  • TÝČ, Vladimír. Základy práva Evropské unie pro ekonomy. 6. přeprac. a aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Leges, 2010, 301 s. ISBN 9788087212608. info
Teaching methods
seminars analyzing ECJ case law, work with EU law databases and search engines
Assessment methods
Participation on seminars is compulsory, essay, written test (via the information system of the univerzity)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms 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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