MVD023K Higher Education Law Focused on Administrative Decision-making

Faculty of Law
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Veronika Smutná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Michal Matouš, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Veronika Smutná, Ph.D.
Department of Administrative Studies and Administrative Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Andrea Kalivodová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Administrative Studies and Administrative Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 23. 2. to Fri 22. 5. each even Thursday 9:35–11:05 031
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MVD023K/01: Mon 2. 3. to Fri 22. 5. each even Thursday 11:10–12:40 031, V. Smutná
MVD023K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. V. Smutná
Prerequisites
MP701Zk Administrative Procedural Law
Knowledge of administrative procedure law, orientation in law of higher education.
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
Aim of the course is to gain theoretical and mainly practical knowledge and skills in the area of law of higher education, administrative process and internal law making.
At the end of the course students should be able to thoroughly understand the status and activities of universities. They should be well oriented in the administrative process under the Higher Education Act and bring it to compare with the general administrative process. They should be able to assess the legality of issued decision and suggest a suitable remedy (and prepare it). They should be able to use basic as well as higher - principled and constitutional - legal arguments. In addition, students should learn the basics of internal law making.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the law of higher education: constitutional and legal bases and their reflection, legal sources, types and kinds of universities. Academic Authonomy. Administrative decision making.
  • 2. Admisson procedure, study, termination of study.
  • 3. Study related fees.
  • 4. Internal regulations and other normative acts of higher education institutions.
  • 5. Accreditation, state approval. Judicial review.
  • 6. Semester paper.
Literature
    required literature
  • KUDROVÁ, Veronika and Jiří SMRČKA. Základy práva vysokých škol (Introduction to Higher Education Law). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. Elportál. ISBN 978-80-210-6591-8. 2013. url info
  • JURNÍKOVÁ, Jana, Soňa SKULOVÁ, Petr PRŮCHA, Petr HAVLAN, Stanislav SEDLÁČEK, Stanislav KADEČKA, Petr KOLMAN and Alena KLIKOVÁ. Správní právo : zvláštní část. 6. doplněné vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 399 stran. ISBN 9788021048478. 2009. info
  • SKULOVÁ, Soňa, Petr PRŮCHA, Petr HAVLAN, Stanislav KADEČKA and Jana JURNÍKOVÁ. Správní právo procesní (Administrative Procedural Law). 1. vyd. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk. 405 pp. Učebnice. ISBN 978-80-7380-110-6. 2008. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Správní řád : komentář. Edited by Josef Vedral. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ivana Hexnerová - Bova Polygon. 1042 s. ISBN 8072731343. 2006. info
  • POTĚŠIL, Lukáš, Vojtěch ŠIMÍČEK, Lukáš HLOUCH, Filip RIGEL and Martin BRUS. Soudní řád správní. Komentář (Code of Administrative Justice. Commentary). Praha: Leges. p. nestránkováno, 361 pp. Komentátor. ISBN 978-80-7502-024-6. 2014. info
  • 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. 1536 pp. ISBN 978-80-7201-814-7. 2010. info
  • WAGNEROVÁ, Eliška, Vojtěch ŠIMÍČEK, Tomáš LANGÁŠEK a Ivo POSPÍŠIL. Listina základních práv a svobod. Komentář. 1. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, a. s., 2012. s. 55-78, 24 s. Kodex. ISBN 978-80-7357-750-6. URL info
  • KÜHN, Zdeněk, Michal BOBEK, Radim POLČÁK and A KOL. Judikatura a právní argumentace (Case-law and legal argumentation). Vyd. 1. Praha: AUDITORIUM. 234 pp. ISBN 80-903786-0-9. 2006. info
  • • Nejvyšší správní soud: rozhodnutí a stanoviska (www.nssoud.cz)
  • • Ústavní soud: nálezy a usnesení (http://nalus.usoud.cz)
Teaching methods
Lectures, analysis of model and actual cases, seminar discussions, training with the decisions and documents, seminarworks and homeworks. Great emphasis will be given to the feedback. Lectures will also be based on analyses of relevant case law, which relates to the subject of the course.
Assessment methods
Knowledge, along with acquired skills, will be validated through the whole course, mainly by evaluations of their homework. In the case of inadequate homework, student will be encouraged to rework it.
Final verification will be done through the semester paper, with possibile remaking. Review of a final work will be communicated orally to each student.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2015, recent)
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