CORE033 Law and Religion

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kamila Abbasi, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. PhDr. Marek Čejka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Alžbeta Králová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Filip Křepelka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lenka Křičková (lecturer)
Mgr. Karolina Michková (lecturer)
prof. Damián Němec, Dr. (lecturer)
JUDr. Kateřina Šimáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Adéla Dočkalová (assistant)
JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, Ph.D.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Andrea Kalivodová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites
! FAKULTA ( PrF )
The course is taught in Czech. The good command of Czech is therefore essential. Otherwise, no previous knowledge of the topic is required.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
Course objectives
The course will introduce the legal systems of the three major monotheistic religions (Jewish, Muslim, and Christian law) and discuss areas where the interests of the liberal democratic state intersect and clash with religious motivations (religion and health care, religious symbols in public space, etc.).
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- identify and describe specific cases in which law meets religion;
- explain the legal nature of laws issued by religious communities;
- search for legislation and case law relating to the topic of law and religion
Syllabus
  • I. block of lectures
  • 1) Introduction to the topic - what is law and what is religion?
  • 2) Individual religious freedom and conscientious objection
  • 3) Collective religious freedom and autonomy of religious communities
  • II. block of lectures
  • 4) Jewish Law
  • 5) Muslim Law
  • 6) Canon and Ecclesiastical Law of Christian Communities
  • III. block of lectures
  • 7) Religious persecution and its assessment in  asylum proceedings
  • 8) Religious symbols in public space, religious veiling
  • 9) Religion in health care - patients' perspective (right to refuse consent to medical intervention, spiritual care in health care facilities, modification of the regime in facilities on religious grounds).
  • 10) Religion in health care - the view of health care professionals (conscientious objection and the right to refuse medical intervention)
  • 11) Religion and the family
  • 12) Freedom of expression and religion
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Listina základních práv a svobod : velký komentář. Edited by Zdeněk Kühn - Jan Kratochvíl - Jiří Kmec - David Kosař - Marek A. Vydání první. Praha: Leges, 2022, 1664 stran. ISBN 9788075026095. info
  • TRETERA, Rajmund Jiří and Záboj HORÁK. Konfesní právo. Vydání první. Praha: Leges, 2015, 414 stran. ISBN 9788075021182. info
  • ZUCCA, Lorenzo. A secular Europe : law and religion in the European constitutional landscape. 1st ed. pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, xxv, 210. ISBN 9780199592784. info
Teaching methods
lectures supplemented by additional materials
Assessment methods
final multiple choice test; alternatively, the course can be completed by completing a term paper or through continuous assignments
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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