PrF:MV702K Electoral Law - Course Information

MV702K Electoral Law

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Pavel Molek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)

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

Mon 23. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Monday 16:00–17:40 S126

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MV702K/01: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Monday 16:00–17:40 S126, P. Molek
MV702K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Filip

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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

Course objectives

Election law introduces students in basic concepts and notions as elections, election law and electoral systems and forms of democracy (direct, semi-direct, representative). That all on the basis of an analyse of key judgment of the Constitutional Court, administrative courts and the European Court of Human Rights. At the and of the course student should be able to understand the main issues of electoral engineering and to prepare the usual submission and complaints in the field of election law.

Syllabus

• Syllabus (general overview): Constitutional law, elections, parliamentarism and the Parliament in the Czech Republic. Free and democratic elections. Functions. Classification. Electoral systems. Plurality, majority and PR. Electoral systems for particular election in the CR. Monitoring and observation of election (methods, international standards). Principles of electoral law. Electoral process. Judicial review of elections. Protection of elections.

Literature

recommended literature
• OROSZ, Ladislav, Pavel MOLEK, Vojtěch ŠIMÍČEK and Ján SVÁK. Volebné právo a súdny prieskum volieb v Českej republike a Slovenskej republike (Electoral Law and Judicial Review of Elections in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic). První. Bratislava: C.H.Beck, 2016, 472 pp. Beckova edícia právne inštitúty. ISBN 978-80-89603-41-1. info
• CHYTILEK, Roman, Jakub ŠEDO, Tomáš LEBEDA and Dalibor ČALOUD. Volební systémy (Electoral Systems). 2. rozšířené. Praha: Portál, 2009, 376 pp. Politologie. ISBN 978-80-7367-548-6. 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
• KREJČÍ, Oskar. Nová kniha o volbách. 1. vyd. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2006, 481 s. ISBN 8086946010. info
• MOLEK, Pavel and Vojtěch ŠIMÍČEK. Soudní přezkum voleb. Praha: Linde, 2006, 331 s. ISBN 8072016393. info
• FILIP, Jan. Základní otázky volebního práva (Fundamental problems of electoral law). In Volby v demokracii : soubor přednášek. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav [Masarykova univerzita], 1995, p. 17-36. ISBN 80-210-0406-1. info

Teaching methods

lectures based on the active student’s participation, working with relevant cases

Assessment methods

Written analyze of selected case and oral colloquium

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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