MP310Zk Constitutional Law II

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Jan Svatoň, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Vojtěch Šimíček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Zdeněk Koudelka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Kateřina Šimáčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Pavel Molek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ladislav Vyhnánek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavel Kandalec, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Alice Dvořáková
Timetable
Thu 11:10–12:40 136, Thu 11:10–12:40 030
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( NOW ( MP310Z Constitutional Law II - sem. ) || MP310Z Constitutional Law II - sem. || CM403Z Constitutional Law II - seminar || CM310Z Constitutional Law II - sem. || MP403Z Constitutional Law II - sem. ) && ( MP213Z Constitutional Law I || CM213Z Constitutional Law I || CM303Z Constitutional Law I || MP303Z Constitutional Law I )
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, M-PPV)
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.
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
  • 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
  • FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo České republiky. 1, Základní pojmy a instituty. Ústavní základy ČR. 4. opr. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 556 s. ISBN 80-210-3254-5. info
  • FILIP, Jan. Vybrané kapitoly ke studiu ústavního práva [Učebnice] (Select chapters to constitutional law studium [Textbook]). Vyd. 2. dopl. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 458 pp. Edice učebnic PrF MU ; č. 263. ISBN 80-210-2592-1. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

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