SOC033 Non-profit organisation Law in the European context

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Kateřina Ronovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miloslav Hrdlička, LL.M. (assistant)
JUDr. Michal Janoušek, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Vlastimil Vitoul (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Kateřina Ronovská, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: prof. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law
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
At the end of the course students should be able to: define basic conception and notions,principles and sources of the NGO law in European context; place NGO law to the system of law; categorize legal persons generally and also NGOs characterize types of legal persons - association, foundation, institution; interpret the "European approach" to NGOs; express own opinion about the tendencies of development of the legal regulation NGO law in the Czech Republic and in European context.
Syllabus
  • 1. The term „Non-profit organisation“, Theorectical background of the NGO law in the European context 2. Categorization of the NGO´s 3 - 4. The Association – characteristics, purpose, establishment, winding up 5. Membership in the Association 6.- 7. The Foundation, the Endowment fund - characteristics, purpose, establishment, winding up 8. The Public benefit Institution - characteristics, purpose, establishment, winding up 9. Internal governance of NGO´s 10. Internal and external (state) supervision 11. Sources of financing of NGO´s sector 12. Position of foreign and international NGO´s in the Czech Republic
Literature
    recommended literature
  • The tax treatment of NGOs : legal, fiscal and ethical standards for promoting NGOs and their activities. Edited by Paul Bater - Frits W. Hondius - Penina Kessler Lieber. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2004, xviii, 355. ISBN 9041122273. info
  • Foundations in Europe. Edited by Andreas Schlüter - Volker Then - Peter Walkenhorst. London: Directory of Social Change, 2001, xx, 875. ISBN 1900360861. info
    not specified
  • The European foundation : a new legal approach. Edited by Klaus J. Hopt. Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2005, 377 s. ISBN 3892047855. info
Teaching methods
There are 12 sessions. The content of the lectures is covers the topic of NGO from the general point of view, is focused on basic definitions, principles of NGOs; lectures are supplemented by the individual studies - by reading books, multimedial study texts, judicature and e-learning.
Assessment methods
semester paper - complete and discussion
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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