PPOBPR Civil Law

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Petra Nováková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Lukáš Hlouch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Lukáš Hlouch, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Petra Nováková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Josef Fiala, CSc.
Department of Law – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: JUDr. Jindřiška Šedová, CSc.
Timetable
Tue 16:20–17:55 P312
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PPOBPR/1: Tue 18:00–19:35 P312, L. Hlouch, P. Nováková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
Course objectives
The subject „Civil Law“ is designed as an introduction to civil legal relations. As far as the structure is concerned, the subject is composed of three thematic blocs: general part (subjects, legal substances), proprietary relations (including hereditary relations and iura in re aliena), obligations (including reparation of damages).

The aims of this subject are the following:
to understand basic principles of civil law and its elementary
concepts and categories,
to become oriented in matters of proprietary and obligation relations,
to be able to solve practical civil cases,
to achieve the ability to propose solutions with reasonable legal justification.
Syllabus
  • A week/a topic
  • 1. Civil law sources. Civil law subjects.
  • 2. Civil-law relation. Personal and property laws.
  • 3. Legal acts. Essentials of legal acts. Objective legal facts. Rights in rem.
  • 4. Rights in rem. Proprietorship. Acquiring and losing property.
  • 5. Property right content and its limitations. Neighbour's rights.
  • 6. Legal interests. Laws of obligation.
  • 7. Law of obligation. Contractual obligations. Consensual and real contracts.
  • 8. Survey of individual contractual obligations types I.
  • 9. Survey of individual contractual obligations types II.
  • 10. Change and cessation of obligations. Note of hand.
  • 11. Breaking an obligation and its consequences.
  • 12. Liability for damage obligations. Unjustified enrichment.
  • 13. Consumer's protection in civil law. Consumer contracts.
  • Thematic plan of the seminars:
  • 1. Introductory seminar. Information on the way of work and passing conditions. Orientation in civil regulations – examples. Legal personality – judicature analysis.
  • 2. Claim, forfeiture. Rights protection by state authorities, arbitrariness – survey Forfeiture and preclusion – survey Determination of prescription period – examples.
  • 3. Legal acts' faults. Classification of legal acts' faults – survey, discussion Consequences of legal acts' faults – examples.
  • 4. Real estate register. Certificate of title – analysis Midterm test number 1 – general part.
  • 5. Joint ownership. Joint property of spouses. Management of a joint subject – survey, discussion Legal acts concerning joint ownership and joint property – creation.
  • 6. Right of lien – origination, cessation, satisfaction. Contract of bailment – analysis Bail monetization, distribution of proceeds – examples, discussion.
  • 7. Sucurity for liabilities. Securing tools – survey, discussion, comparison Midterm test number 2 – legal interests.
  • 8. Commitment contract creation. Formulation of contractual and additional clauses – examples.
  • 9. Innominative contracts. Use of innominative contracts in civil law – survey Business terms in civil law – survey Contrariety to law and circumvention – discussion.
  • 10. Legal succession. Hereditary succession. Heirdom – survey, examples Legal acts in heirship – survey, creation.
  • 11. Liability for defects. Concept of defects – discussion Liabilities for defects claims – survey Midterm test number 3 – laws of obligation.
  • 12. Extent and way of compensatory damages and unjust enrichment. Restitution and reparation functions – discussion Moderation and regulation of compensatory damages – survey, discussion Concept of unjust enrichment – examples.
  • 13. Liability for damage caused by a product defect. Definition of terms from the field of a manufacturer's liability. Examples.
Literature
  • Fiala, J. Občanské právo hmotné / Josef Fiala, Milan Kindl a kolektiv. Plzeň : Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2007, 718 s., Edice Právnické učebnice, ISBN 9788073800581.
  • Lexikon občanského práva / Josef Fiala [et al.], vyd. 1., Ostrava: Sagit, 1997, 495 s, Lexikony - Sagit ; Sv. 3, ISBN 8072080024
  • Občanský zákoník : komentář / Jiří Švestka [et al.] a kolektiv, 10., jubilejní vyd., Praha: C.H. Beck, 2006, xxvi, 1465 s., Beckova edice Komentované zákony, ISBN 8071794864.
  • Fiala, J., Hurdík, J., Jeřábková, L., Ronovská, K. Občanské právo hmotné. Multimediální učební text. Autorský kolektiv: Právnická fakulta MU v Brně, 2004 (příloha CD ROM), ISBN 80-210-3510-2
Assessment methods
Lectures, practical examples, discussion on solved cases, argumentation. The subject is finished by a colloquium – in a written form.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009.
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