MVV110K Eastern European History of Law and Constitution in 19th/20th Century (Focus on Austria)

Faculty of Law
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Neschwara (seminar tutor), doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int. (deputy)
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: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Supplier department: Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVV110K/01: Thu 17. 3. 13:30–15:00 209, 15:05–16:35 209, Fri 18. 3. 9:35–11:05 208, 11:10–12:40 208, Wed 23. 3. 13:30–15:00 034, 15:05–16:35 034, Thu 24. 3. 9:35–11:05 038, 11:10–12:40 038
Prerequisites
German language on Niveau B2/C1
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
understand to the development of austrian private and public law from the era of codification at the end of the 18th century up to today;
analyze the social changes in 20th century in Austria and they infulance on the law;
identify reception of Roman law on the beginning of Modern Times;
analyze causes of legal regulations and their cohesion with;
compare development of law in Austria and in the Czech Republic and in neighboring countries.
Syllabus
  • 1.Development of the Austrian monarchy as a single state until the beginning of the 19th century
  • 2.Unification of law (main focus - civil law: General Civil Code)
  • 3.Formation of the Empire of Austria as a modern constitutional state (constitutional situation in the pre-March - constitutionalism 1848/51
  • 4.Absolutism 1852/60)
  • 5.Developments in the field of private law
  • 6.Constitutional Development to 1918 (return to constitutionalism in Cisleithania - expansion of the constitutional system by the end of the monarchy (focus on parliamentary and electoral law -Fundamental rights and rule of law - Nationality problem)
  • 7.Developments in the field of private law
  • 8.Disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: legal and constitutional development in the countries (mainly Austria) and 1938
  • 9.Austria as a part of the German Empire until 1945
  • 10.Restoration of Austria in 1945 and constitutional development until the independence of the State Treaty of Vienna 1955 - View for the present
Literature
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichische Rechtsgeschichte (Hrsg), Manual Rechts- und Verfassungsgeschichte, Wien 2011, 2. Auflage 2012;
  • VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Karel SCHELLE, Jaromír TAUCHEN, Radovan DÁVID, Lenka DOUBRAVOVÁ, Miroslav FRÝDEK, Zdeňka KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Pavel SALÁK, Renata VESELÁ, Vilém KNOLL, Petr DOSTALÍK and David FALADA. Die Entwicklung des tschechischen Privatrechts (The Development of the Czech Private Law). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 280 pp. Acta Universitatis Brunensis, Juridica No. 394. ISBN 978-80-210-5612-1. info
  • SCHELLE, Karel and Jaromír TAUCHEN. Grundriss der Tschechoslowakischen Rechtsgeschichte (Overview of Czechoslovak legal history). 1st ed. München (SRN): Verlag Dr. Hut, 2009, 196 pp. Rechtsgeschichte. ISBN 978-3-89963-935-3. info
  • OLECHOWSKI, Thomas. Rechtsgeschichte : Materialien und Übersichten. 5., überarb. Aufl. Wien: Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandels, 2009, 156 s. ISBN 9783708903798. info
  • HOKE, Rudolf. Österreichische und Deutsche Rechtsgeschichte. 2., verb. Aufl. Wien: Böhlau, 1996, x, 545. ISBN 3205981790. info
Teaching methods
lecture, class discussion, working out particular theme
Assessment methods
The "Colloquium" for the course consists of one (at least) five-page homework on selected topics of the course.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Spring 2014.
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