PrF:MP103Zk General History of Law - Course Information
MP103Zk General History of Law
Faculty of LawAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int. (lecturer)
JUDr. David Kolumber, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Šmídová Malárová, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Milan Dobeš (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Jan Kabát (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Supplier department: Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law - Timetable
- Mon 23. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Tue 18:00–19:40 140
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MP103Zk/02: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Monday 10:00–11:40 124, J. Kabát
MP103Zk/03: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Monday 12:00–13:40 124, J. Kabát
MP103Zk/04: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Monday 10:00–11:40 124, J. Kabát
MP103Zk/05: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Monday 14:00–15:40 030, J. Kabát
MP103Zk/06: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Monday 14:00–15:40 129, J. Kabát
MP103Zk/07: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Tuesday 8:00–9:40 208, J. Tauchen
MP103Zk/08: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Tuesday 8:00–9:40 208, J. Tauchen
MP103Zk/09: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Tuesday 10:00–11:40 259, J. Tauchen
MP103Zk/10: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Tuesday 10:00–11:40 259, J. Tauchen
MP103Zk/11: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Thursday 18:00–19:40 214, M. Dobeš
MP103Zk/12: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Wednesday 16:00–17:40 209, M. Dobeš
MP103Zk/13: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Wednesday 14:00–15:40 025, L. Vojáček
MP103Zk/14: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Wednesday 14:00–15:40 148, L. Vojáček
MP103Zk/15: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Wednesday 18:00–19:40 258, M. Dobeš
MP103Zk/16: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Wednesday 18:00–19:40 258, M. Dobeš
MP103Zk/17: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Wednesday 12:00–13:40 259, L. Vojáček
MP103Zk/18: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Thursday 14:00–15:40 025, D. Kolumber
MP103Zk/19: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Thursday 14:00–15:40 038, D. Kolumber
MP103Zk/20: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Thursday 16:00–17:40 215, D. Kolumber
MP103Zk/21: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Thursday 16:00–17:40 126, D. Kolumber
MP103Zk/22: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Thursday 18:00–19:40 124, D. Kolumber
MP103Zk/23: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Thursday 18:00–19:40 208, M. Dobeš
MP103Zk/24: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Wednesday 16:00–17:40 209, M. Dobeš
MP103Zk/25: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Wednesday 12:00–13:40 034, L. Vojáček
MP103Zk/26: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Thursday 18:00–19:40 124, D. Kolumber
MP103Zk/27: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Monday 8:00–9:40 025, J. Tauchen
MP103Zk/28: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Monday 8:00–9:40 025, J. Tauchen
MP103Zk/29: No timetable has been entered into IS. L. Vojáček - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Course objectives
- The goal of the General History of Law course is to recognize the main trends in the development of the state and law in Europe and in the USA and thus allow the students to view the current Czech legal system and its development in a broader perspective.
The main aims of the course are:
- identifying the main trends in the development of the state throughout history;
- understanding the specifics of the pre-modern state and comparing it to the modern state;
- understanding the specifics of pre-modern law and comparing it to modern law;
- understanding the process of formation of various branches of public law;
- familiarizing oneself with the contemporary causes for the movement to introduce constitutional regimes;
- familiarizing oneself with the contemporary causes for the movement to codify civil rights;
- explaining the key characteristics of modern constitutions and legal codes;
- understanding the importance of 18th and 19th century legal codes for the development of continental law;
- explaining the functioning of the authoritarian (totalitarian) regimes of the 20th century in regard to law;
- characterizing the key differences between continental and common law;
- understanding the formation of international law in the 20th century
- analysis of the specific characteristics in the modern development of selected European countries (Germany, Italy, France, the UK, the USSR) and the USA. - Learning outcomes
- After finishing the course, a student will be able to:
- identify and summarize the key characteristics of the development of the state and law in selected European countries and the USA;
- using the knowledge of the development of the state and law since early history competently evaluate later legal developments, as well as contemporary law;
- compare and stress the differences in legal systems under various forms of government;
- describe the steps taken by totalitarian regimes to transform democratic, rule of law legal systems into totalitarian ones. - Syllabus
- Introduction, periodization; Pre-modern state and law; Private law codification in the 18th and 19th centuries; The beginnings of constitutionalism and the enshrinement of fundamental human rights; The development of the state and law in the 19th century (Germany, France, Italy, Russia, the Balkans) I.; The development of the state and law in the 19th century (Germany, France, Italy, Russia, the Balkans) II. ; Development of the State and Law in Totalitarian Regimes I. (Soviet Law); Development of the State and Law in Totalitarian Regimes II. (Nazi Law); Characteristic Features of Legal Development in Western Europe in the Second Half of the 20th Century I.; Characteristic Features of Legal Development in Western Europe in the Second Half of the 20th Century II.
- Literature
- required literature
- VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Jaromír TAUCHEN, Karel SCHELLE and Naďa ŠTACHOVÁ. Nástin právních dějin (A Brief Introduction to Legal History). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 322 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5462-2. info
- recommended literature
- SCHELLE, Karel, Marta KADLECOVÁ, Renata VESELÁ, Eduard VLČEK, Michaela ŽIDLICKÁ, Ladislav VOJÁČEK and Ilona SCHELLEOVÁ. Právní dějiny (Legal History). 1st ed. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2007, 1134 pp. Právo. ISBN 978-80-7380-043-7. info
- VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Ondřej HORÁK, Pavel SALÁK, Karel SCHELLE, Renata VESELÁ and Eduard VLČEK. Praktikum z právních dějin (Practice of Legal History). / Ladislav Vojáček a kolektiv. 1st ed. Pelhřimov: Jaroslav Samek, 2006, 236 pp. 1.sv. ISBN 80-86391-19-1. info
- Dějiny evropského kontinentálního práva : vysokoškolská právnická učebnice. 4. upravené vydání. Praha: Leges, 2018, 816 stran. ISBN 9788075022684. info
- KUKLÍK, Jan and Radim SELTENREICH. Dějiny angloamerického práva. Vyd. 2., V nakl. Leges vyd. Praha: Leges, 2011, 871 s. ISBN 9788087212875. info
- Teaching methods
- The course is conducted using lectures and seminars. The lectures focus on presenting the general characteristics in the development of the state and law. They are thematically accompanied by the seminars which accentuate a deeper analysis of certain topics presented at the lectures. The seminars consist of classroom discussion and the analysis of selected documents relating to the history of law.
- Assessment methods
- The course is concluded by a written final exam during which students answer openly formulated questions. As part of the seminary lessons, it is necessary to pass two out of three tests during the semester and a final seminary test, which along with active participation in the seminars forms the requirements for being admitted to the final exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
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NOW(MP103Zk)
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- Teacher's information
- Students with ISP (Individual Study Plan) shall register into the ISP seminar group and should contact the teacher of the ISP group before the beginning of the semester in order to have the requirements for admittance to the final exam set by them.
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