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SOC016 General Theory of Law

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2008

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Supervisor

prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc.
Department of Legal Theory - Faculty of Law
Contact Person: prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc.

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies (programme PrF, KOS)

Syllabus

• 1. Defining law, system of law, system of legal sciences 2. Sources of law 3. Legal norm - definition, structure 4. Legal norm - system, features 5. Interpretation of law - methods, techniques 6. Realization of legal norms, defining legal relation 7. Prerequisites of legal relations - legal facts 8. Subjects and objects in legal relations 9. Authoritative application of law 10. Legal responsibility 11. Relation between state and law: defining legal state doctrine 12. Law and society, law as social regulative system

Literature

• DWORKIN, Ronald M. Taking rights seriously. 3. print. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1977. xv, 295 s. ISBN 0-674-86710-6. info
• HART, Herbert Lionel Adalphus. The concept of law [Clarendon Press, 1994]. Edited by Penelope A. Bulloch - Joseph Raz. 2. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. xii, 315 s. ISBN 0-19-876122-8. info
• KELSEN, Hans. General theory of law and state. 2. print. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949. xxxiii, 51. info

Language in which the course is taught

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014.

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