MV834K Status and Role of Advocacy in the Czech Lands

Faculty of Law
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Věra Krčmová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Petr Lavický, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Bc. Gabriela Uhlířová
Supplier department: Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 24. 2. to Fri 23. 5. each even Tuesday 15:05–16:35 215
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MV834K/01: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. each odd Tuesday 15:05–16:35 215, S. Balík, V. Krčmová
MV834K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. S. Balík
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MV834Zk Advocacy in the Czech Lands
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, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The purpose of this course is to inform students about role and tasks of advocacy in the Czech republic, including its perspectives in the European Union.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
explain the conception of advocacy;
understand the history of advocacy in the Czech countries;
define the organization of advocacy;
analyse the conditions for practicing the advocacy;
describe the status of a advocate and of a legal trainee, their rights and duties;
understand the Czech advocacy in the European Union
Syllabus
  • Introduction, material and formal conception of advocacy, numerus clausus;
  • The Czech Bar Association and its bodies;
  • Advocacy in Czech countries from the oldest times up until today;
  • Advocacy and conditions for its practicing;
  • Forms of practicing the advocacy;
  • Rights and duties of a advocate according to the Act on the advocacy and Ethics code I.;
  • Rights and duties of a advocate according to the Act on the advocacy and Ethics code II.;
  • Disciplinary proceedings;
  • A legal trainee and his relation to the employer and to the Czech Bar Association;
  • Attorney fees and basic rules of leading of a law office;
  • Perspectives of Czech advocacy in the European Union
Literature
  • BALÍK, Stanislav and Jitka MACHOVÁ. Z minulosti advokacie - sborník příspěvků z 1. konference o dějinách advokacie konané dne 11. 11. 2004 v Praze. Praha: Linde Praha, a. s., 2005, 144 pp. ISBN 80-7201-547-8. info
  • Z minulosti advokacie : sborník příspěvků z 1. konference o dějinách advokacie konané Výborem pro dějiny advokacie ČAK ve spolupráci s Právnickou fakultou ZČU dne 11.11.2004 v Praze. Edited by Stanislav Balík - Jitka Machová. Praha: Linde, 2005, 143 s. ISBN 8072015478. info
  • ČERMÁK, Karel. Advokacie [a] úvahy souvisící. Praha: Linde, 2000, 230 s. ISBN 8072012436. info
  • BALÍK, Stanislav. Advokacie včera a dnes :(vybrané texty z dějin a současnosti advokacie). 1. vyd. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2000, 256 s. ISBN 80-902627-7-5. info
  • BALÍK, Stanislav. Minulost, přítomnost a perspektivy advokacie. Vyd. 1. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita, 1998, 105 s. ISBN 80-7082-398-4. info
Teaching methods
Lectures on specific topics. Attendance is not compulsory.
Assessment methods
Finished by colloquium (discussion on a particular case concerning advocacy law, including its historical context).
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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