MVV179K Courts and Society in Transition

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Prof. Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde (seminar tutor), doc. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D. (deputy)
Prof. Ragna Aarli (seminar tutor), doc. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D.
Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Supplier department: Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVV179K/01: Mon 21. 11. 9:35–11:05 025, 11:10–12:40 025, Tue 22. 11. 9:35–11:05 025, 13:30–15:00 025, Thu 24. 11. 9:35–11:05 025, 13:30–15:00 025, Fri 25. 11. 9:35–11:05 208, 13:30–15:00 208
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to give the students a profound understanding of courts in today’s globalized world; how courts compare across legal systems and cultures, how changing legal systems affect the roles and functions of courts, and how increasingly transnational legal fields modify the operations and roles of courts.
At the end of the course the students shall:
• Have an overview over the different traditions of high courts in Europe, their main characteristics, and essential similarities and differences;
• Have a qualified understanding of how both higher and lower courts actually operate as social and legal institutions;
• Comprehend and be able to discuss the essential aspects of the principle of judicial independence and the challenges faced by changing legal systems;
• Comprehend and be able to discuss the influence of transnational law on domestic courts;
• Have a profound comprehension of how domestic highest courts are integrated in the transnational legal order, the role they play, and how this challenges existing perceptions of separation of powers;
• Comprehend and be able to discuss the changing place and role of courts in the face of increasing use of non-state and informal mechanisms in legal systems;
• Be able to apply this acquired knowledge and understanding in future cases of legal analysis.
Syllabus
  • 1. lecture: Comparing courts
  • 2. lecture: Court models
  • 3. lecture: Judicial behaviour
  • 4. lecture: Judicial independence
  • 5. lecture: Courts and the transnationalisation of law, part I
  • 6. lecture: Courts and Communication
  • 7. lecture: National Courts in the future
  • 8. lecture: Summary, questions and presentation of exam
Literature
  • See Syllabus in Study Materials for full details.
Teaching methods
lectures with discussions
Assessment methods
essay
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016.
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