FSS:BSS450 Militant democracy - Course Information
BSS450 Militant democracy
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D.
Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová - Timetable
- Tue 16:00–17:40 U43
- 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
- Security and Strategic Studies (programme FSS, N-PL)
- Course objectives
- This course is intended as an analysis of the concept of militant democracy. Main objective of the course is to explain the concept of militant democracy (including its criticism) and its impact on counter-extremism policy. Students should be able to understand the contemporary discussions about defense of democracy.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction into the study of militant democracy; 2. Development of the concept of militant democracy, its criticism and its use in the counterextremism policy; 3. Concept of enemies of democracy; 4. Discursive defence of democracy (including constitutional engineering) 5. Monitoring of enomies of democracy; 6. Limits of freedom of speech; 7. Limits of freedom of assembly; 8. Limits of freedom of association; 9. Other limits of freedom. 10. Countering the violent subversion; 11. Military defense of democracy; 12. Resistance against non-democratic regimes.
- Literature
- Extended valid list of literature is in the IS (study materials)
- ČERNÝ, Petr. Právní ochrana před extremismem. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2008, xiv, 256. ISBN 9788074000539. info
- Defending democracy : reactions to extremism in interwar Europe. Edited by Giovanni Capoccia. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2005, viii, 335. ISBN 0801887550. info
- KYSELA, Jan. Právo na odpor a občanskou neposlušnost. Vyd. 1. Brno: Doplněk, 2001, 120 s. ISBN 8072390783. info
- Assessment methods
- Each week: lectures, class discussions (including students presentations) Students will receive a final letter grade (A-F) for the semester based on the following components: 1/3 Presentation of position papers; 1/3 Seminary thesis; 1/3 Final written exam. Grading: 56-60: A 51-55: B 46-50: C 41-45: D 36-40: E 35-0: F.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/fss/autumn2008/BSS450