PrF:MP310Z Constitutional Law II - sem. - Course Information

MP310Z Constitutional Law II - Seminar

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavel Kandalec, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. David Kosař, Ph.D., LL.M., J. S. D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Zdeněk Koudelka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Pavel Molek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Jan Petrov, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Jan Svatoň, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Kateřina Šimáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Vojtěch Šimíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ladislav Vyhnánek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. PhDr. Robert Zbíral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Vladislav Bernard, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Bc. Terezie Boková, MJur (assistant)
Mgr. Vojtěch Procházka (assistant)

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

Timetable of Seminar Groups

MP310Z/01: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Monday 8:00–9:40 148, R. Zbíral
MP310Z/02: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Monday 8:00–9:40 148, R. Zbíral
MP310Z/03: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Monday 10:00–11:40 148, R. Zbíral
MP310Z/04: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Monday 10:00–11:40 148, R. Zbíral
MP310Z/05: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Monday 18:00–19:40 315, Z. Koudelka
MP310Z/06: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Monday 18:00–19:40 315, Z. Koudelka
MP310Z/07: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Tuesday 14:00–15:40 124, J. Benák
MP310Z/08: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Tuesday 14:00–15:40 124, J. Petrov
MP310Z/09: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Tuesday 16:00–17:40 109, P. Kandalec
MP310Z/10: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Tuesday 16:00–17:40 109, P. Kandalec
MP310Z/11: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Wednesday 12:00–13:40 209, J. Benák
MP310Z/12: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Wednesday 12:00–13:40 209, Z. Vikarská
MP310Z/13: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Wednesday 14:00–15:40 257, L. Vyhnánek
MP310Z/14: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Wednesday 14:00–15:40 257, Z. Vikarská
MP310Z/15: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Wednesday 16:00–17:40 257, J. Petrov
MP310Z/16: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Wednesday 16:00–17:40 257, L. Vyhnánek
MP310Z/17: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Thursday 16:00–17:40 042, V. Šimíček
MP310Z/18: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Thursday 16:00–17:40 160, V. Šimíček
MP310Z/19: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Thursday 18:00–19:40 148, V. Šimíček
MP310Z/20: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Thursday 18:00–19:40 148, V. Šimíček
MP310Z/21: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Monday 12:00–13:40 040, P. Kandalec
MP310Z/22: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Monday 12:00–13:40 024, P. Kandalec
MP310Z/23: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Monday 14:00–15:40 040, Z. Koudelka
MP310Z/24: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Benák

Prerequisites (in Czech)

NOW( MP310Zk 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

• Law (programme PrF, PR_) (2)
• Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)

Course objectives

At the end of the course the student should understand the basic problems of the theory of the constitution and the values the constitution of the Czech Republic is based on (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); the students should be able to interpret provisions of the constitutional order and of the related enactments; students should be able to deliver a reasoned analysis of some basic constitutional law problems.

Learning outcomes

After finishing the course of Constitutional Law students will be able to orient theirself in the fundamental questions of constitutional law, such as the constitutional theory, sources of constitutional law of the Czech Republic and their relationship to sources of international law and of the law of the European Union. They will be able to applicate the rules of interpretation of the Constitution and of other sources of constitutional law of the Czech Republic. They will understand organization of state power in the Czech Republic and the principles of the separation of powers. The functioning of state bodies they will be able to interpret both as regards the municipal law and the division of competencies between the European Union and the Member States. The will understand the rules of the relationships between bodies of State power such as the Parliament, the President of the Republic, the Government, ministries, the Constitutional Court and other courts and to applicate the basic rules of the procedure of these bodies. Graduates of the course of constitutional law will be able to file a constitutional complaint on the basis of gained knowledge in the field of fundamental rights and freedoms in the Charter of fundamental rights and freedoms. On the acquired knowledge they will be able to solve questions of organization and management of elections. He will distinguish between the public power and the private one, and between public and private law and on how to apply claims in this field including the separation of powers in general and in point of view of the Constitution of the Czech Republic in particular, and in response to it in the form of a solution of conflicts of competences and by filling of the constitutional complaints. Students will be able to differentiate between forms of state power and territorial self-government and be able to applicate the basic rules of their operating.

Syllabus

• Charter of fundamental rights and freedoms
• Notion of fundamental right and freedom
• Freedom, liberty, equality, dignity, non-discrimination
• State power in the Czech Republic
• Separation of powers
• State power and self-government
• Legal status of a state body
• Parliamentarism in the Czech Republic
• Executive power
• The head of State
• The government and other administrative offices
• The Constitutional Court
• Judicial power in the Czech constitution
• The State Attorneys Office
• The Supreme Auditing Office
• The Czech National Bank
• Constitutional foundations of territorial self-government
• Other forms of self-government.

Literature

required literature
• FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo České republiky. Základní pojmy a instituty. Ústavní základy ČR (Constitutional Law of the Czech Republilc. Basic Notions and Institutes). 4th ed. Brno: Václav Klemm - Vydavatelství a nakladatelství, 2011, 370 pp. ISBN 978-80-904083-8-8. info
• FILIP, Jan. Vybrané kapitoly ke studiu ústavního práva (Selected chapters for the study of constitutional law). 2nd ed. Brno: Václav Klemm - Vydavatelství a nakladatelství, 2011, 328 pp. ISBN 978-80-904083-7-1. info

recommended literature
• PAVLÍČEK, Václav. Ústavní právo a státověda. 2. aktualizované vydání. Praha: Leges, 2015, 1152 stran. ISBN 9788075020840. info
• ŠIMÍČEK, Vojtěch, Jan FILIP, Pavel MOLEK, Lenka BAHÝĽOVÁ, Milan PODHRÁZKÝ, Radovan SUCHÁNEK and Ladislav VYHNÁNEK. Ústava České republiky - Komentář (The Constitution of the Czech Republic - A Commentary). Praha: Linde Praha, 2010, 1536 pp. ISBN 978-80-7201-814-7. info
• FILIP, Jan, Pavel HOLLÄNDER and Vojtěch ŠIMÍČEK. Zákon o Ústavním soudu : komentář. (Constitutional Court Act : commentary). 2nd ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2007, 896 pp. Beckova edice Komentované zákony. ISBN 978-80-7179-599-5. info

Teaching methods

class discussion

Assessment methods

semester paper, credit

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

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