MP303Z Constitutional Law I - seminar

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (lecturer)
Dr. Mark Gillis, J.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Zdeněk Koudelka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Michal Lamparter, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Renata Rye, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Jan Svatoň, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Vojtěch Šimíček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Josef Zimek, Dr. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Brzobohatá
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MP303Z/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Zimek
MP303Z/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Zimek
MP303Z/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Zimek
MP303Z/04: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Zimek
MP303Z/05: No timetable has been entered into IS. V. Šimíček
MP303Z/06: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Svatoň
MP303Z/07: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Filip
MP303Z/08: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Filip
MP303Z/09: No timetable has been entered into IS. Z. Koudelka
MP303Z/10: No timetable has been entered into IS. Z. Koudelka
MP303Z/11: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Zimek
MP303Z/12: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Zimek
MP303Z/13: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Zimek
MP303Z/14: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Zimek
MP303Z/15: No timetable has been entered into IS. V. Šimíček
MP303Z/16: No timetable has been entered into IS. V. Šimíček
MP303Z/17: No timetable has been entered into IS. V. Šimíček
MP303Z/18: No timetable has been entered into IS. V. Šimíček
MP303Z/19: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Svatoň
MP303Z/20: No timetable has been entered into IS. V. Šimíček
MP303Z/21: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
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).
Syllabus
  • Concept, subject, sources of 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.
Literature
  • FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo. Vyd. 3., v nakl. Doplněk 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 535 s. ISBN 8072390368. info
  • PAVLÍČEK, Václav. Ústavní právo a státověda. Praha: Linde, 1998, 369 s. ISBN 8072011413. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Nepovinná přednáška. Povinná cvičení. Ústní zkouška, možná změna na písemnou.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen pro max. 10 studentů jiných fakult !
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2001, recent)
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