DO4TRPR01 Criminal Law Substantive IV

Faculty of Law
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Věra Kalvodová, Dr.
Department of Criminal Law – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites
Criminal Law Substantive No 3 The course is only offered to the students of the program Criminal Law.
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
This course is focused on the system of criminal punishment - theory of punishment, system of punishment, fundamental principles, regular and exceptional punishments, the prison sentence. It is aimed at the extention of theoretical knowledge, topical case law and topical amendments of legal regulation.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able - to understand deeply theoretical konwledge of the opic of this course, - be well informed about new trends of the topic including case law, - to write essay on chosen topic connected issues of this course and disertation.
Syllabus
  • 1. Theory of punishments and protective measures. 2. Fundamental principles of punishment. 3. System of criminal sanction. 4. The prison sentence.
Literature
  • Navrátilová, J. Výjimečný trest. Praha: Leges. 2009
  • Marešová,A. a kol.: Výkon nepodmíněného trestu odnětí svobody - krimonologická analýza. IKSP, 2016
  • KALVODOVÁ, Věra. Trest odnětí svobody a jeho výkon (The Sentence of Imprisonment and its Execution). Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, a.s. 200 pp. Právní monografie. ISBN 978-80-7552-163-7. 2016. info
  • Long-term imprisonment and human rights. Edited by Kirstin Drenkhahn - Manuela Dudeck - Frieder Dünkel. First published. London: Routledge. xxiii, 394. ISBN 9780415679121. 2014. info
  • European penology? Edited by Tom Daems - Dirk Van Zyl Smit - Sonja Snacken. Oxford: Hart publishing. xiv, 370. ISBN 9781849462334. 2013. info
  • KALVODOVÁ, Věra. Postavení trestu odnětí svobody v systému trestněprávních sankcí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 272 s. ISBN 8021030259. 2002. info
  • KALVODOVÁ, Věra. Trest odnětí svobody na doživotí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 92 s. ISBN 8021011971. 1995. info
  • MEZNÍK, Jiří, Věra KALVODOVÁ and Josef KUCHTA. Základy penologie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 75 s. ISBN 802101248X. 1995. info
Teaching methods
Consultations, lectures or class discussion, reading.
Assessment methods
Credit. An Essay (15 - 25 pg) contented the topic of diseration thesis and Criminal Law IV, discussion on essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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