MVV352K German Legal History

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Božena Vykopalová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVV352K/01: Mon 29. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Wed 9:35–11:05 302, J. Tauchen
MVV352K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Deutschkenntnisse auf dem Niveau C1 nach dem Referenzrahmen für Sprachen des Europarates
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The aim of this subject is to outline all key moments of the development of law from the early Middle Ages up to today on the area of today’s Germany. A student is supposed to learn to use sources of law (judicature) and to work with legal texts. This subject begins with development of law of Frankish Realm and leads all the way to the late Middle Ages and deals with changes made with reception of Roman law on the beginning of Modern Times. Bedrocks of this subject rest upon an evolution of law in the beginning of 20th Century during the time of National Socialism and in the postwar era.
To make Czech students acquainted with development of law in the area of FRG; To explain specifics of German law; To analyze causes of legal regulations and their cohesion with; development of society; To compare development of law in Czech and in neighboring countries;
Syllabus
  • 1)Introduction, German legal history’s division into periods
  • 2)Frankish Realm, Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages
  • 3)From the state of the estates to the absolutist state. Germany in early Modern Times
  • 4)Legal development in 19th Century
  • 5)Times of second empire (1871-1918). Era of new codifications.
  • 6)Legal development in Weimar Republic, Weimar constitutions
  • 7)Third Reich – Unjust law (1933-1945)
  • 8)Political judiciary in the Third Reich
  • 9)Legal set up with of Nazi crimes in FRG and GDR, Nuremberg trials, Oswiecim trials
  • 10)Legal development in FRG
  • 11)Legal development in GDR
  • 12)Reunification, Germany in 90’s
Literature
  • KÖBLER, Gerhard. Deutsche Rechtsgeschichte :ein systematischer Grundriß. 4. Aufl. München: Verlag Franz Vahlen, 1989, xxi, 311 s. ISBN 3-8006-1387-5. info
  • BROSZAT, Martin. Der Staat Hitlers : Grundlegung und Entwicklung seiner inneren Verfassung. 15. Aufl. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2000, 474 s. ISBN 3423301724. info
  • STOLLEIS, Michael. Geschichte des öffentlichen Rechts in Deutschland. München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 1999, 439 s. ISBN 3406370020. info
Assessment methods
Seminars, discussion, working out particular theme
Kolokvium - test
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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