D3DER07 History of Law in Modern Age

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following:
understanding the differences between the Continental and the Anglo-Saxon law;
ability to assess the importance of the 18th and 19th century codifications;
ability to compare the constitutional development of the most important European states and the US;
recognizing the main characteristics of the law and state development in the first half of the 19th century;
describing the specific features of the particular totalitarian regimes of the 20th century and its legal systems;
explaining the incentives of the interwar integration tendencies.
Syllabus
  • Development in periods.
  • Perception of Roman law in Modern Period.
  • Most important codification of 18th and 19th centuries.
  • Differences in development of continental and English law.
  • Constitutional Development of European states and USA.
  • Characteristics of law and state development in the II. half of 19th century.
  • Totalitarian regimes in 20th. Century.
  • Characteristic features of law in 20th century.
  • State suvereighnity and European integration.
Literature
  • KADLECOVÁ, Marta, Karel SCHELLE, Renata VESELÁ, Eduard VLČEK, Ladislav VOJÁČEK and Michaela ŽIDLICKÁ. Právní dějiny. Vyd. 2. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2005, 816 s. ISBN 8086861104. info
  • HATTENHAUER, Hans. Evropské dějiny práva. Translated by Sylva Adlerová. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1998, xii, 708. ISBN 3406421717. info
  • Der europäische Rechtsstaat : 200 Zeugnisse seiner Geschichte. Edited by Jürgen Brand - Hans Hattenhauer. Heidelberg: C.F. Müller Juristischer Verlag, 1994, xlvii, 169. ISBN 3825218139. info
Teaching methods
homeworks
Assessment methods
oral exam; essay
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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