LA102Zk Administrative Law I

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Stanislav Kadečka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Petr Průcha, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Soňa Skulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Soňa Skulová, Ph.D.
Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Bc. Alžběta Rašková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
This module is supposed to guide the participants to understand substantial concepts of Administrative Law and Public Administration in their full sense and context within the conditions of the modern democratic legal state (Rule of Law). This module will enable students to: • Understanding of regulatory role of Administrative Law. • Knowledge and possibility of use public methods and forms of regulation in practice. • Analytic view on the Administrative Law as a structured regulatory system influencing social life. • Gaining sufficient knowledge of European format and content of Administrative Law. • Knowledge and possibility of use argumentation by principles of European Administrative Law in the particular situations. • Understanding of the structure and functioning mechanism of the Administrative bodies’ structure, including its interrelationships. • Analytic view on the sphere of entities executing Public Administration, their obligations, entitlements and liability. • Understanding of the inner and external supervision mechanism of Public Administration. • Reflection of the interrelationship between the controlling institutions and mechanisms on the one hand and its use in the practice on the other hand. • Development of knowledge concerning the legal guarantees system of legitimate and proper administrative bodies´ functioning. • Understanding and reflection upon the review mechanism of the administrative bodies´ decisions or inactivity that prevent public interest’s protection and individual rights´ protection. After completion of the module the students should be able to: a) fully understand and apply terminology of Administrative Law and Public Administration. b) present and explain internal system and structuring of Administrative Law, content of the term “European Administrative Law” and the interrelationships between those terms. c) identify and reflect upon the legal sources of Administrative Law, including European, constitutional and domestic legal sources. d) discuss the role of Administrative Law Principles and their application in administrative experience. e) analyze Public Administration’s organizational structure and its particular components. f) analyze legal status of entities executing Public Administration, their obligations and entitlements, concept of Public Administration as a citizen’s service. g) understand interaction between aims and objectives of Public Administration and particular forms of Public Administration’s activities. h) discuss inner and external supervision mechanism of Public Administration. i) understand the legal guarantees system of Public Administration’s proper functioning and foundation of proper functioning of its particular components. j) identify and analyze solutions and arguments in a systematic and coherent way that demonstrates an understanding of the complexities of Administrative Law and Public administration, including application of relevant judicature. k) communicate and formulate her/his knowledge and arguments professionally and linguistically correct and in a way that is structured and coherent.
Syllabus
  • • Introduction to the administrative disciplines (Administrative Law, Administrative Science) • Characteristics of Administrative Law. System and structuring of Administrative Law. • Outline of Administrative Law as a public law • Legal state and Administrative Law. • European Administrative Law • Sources and rules of Administrative Law • Interpretation and application of Administrative Law Rules. • Administrative Law Principles and their application in administrative experience and in judicature • Characteristics and content of the term “Public Administration” • Administrative Law as public regulator of Public Administration • Legal regulation of Public Administration’s organizational structure. Public Administration’s organizational principles. • Subjects executing Public Administration – types, features, relations. • Basic features of governmental administration and local administration. • Legal aspects of public service. Civil service and regional government clerk’s service. • Aims and objectives of Public Administration. Social Functions of Public Administration. • Methods and forms of Public Administration’s activities. Legal forms of Public Administration’s implementation. • Foundation and functions of Public Administration’s supervision. System of Public Administration’s supervision. • Judicial control of Public Administration. Functions, system, legal regulation. • Legal guarantees in Public Administration. Protection of public interest. Protection of individuals’ rights.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KADEČKA, Stanislav and Petr PRŮCHA. Správní právo - obecná část : multimediální učební text (Administrative Law - General Section : multimedia coursebook). 2., nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 74 s. ISBN 9788021045880. info
  • KADEČKA, Stanislav. Právo obcí a krajů v České republice (Law of Municipalities and Regions in the Czech Republic). 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2003, 424 pp. (Beckova edice právní instituty, EPI7). ISBN 80-7179-794-4. info
  • SKULOVÁ, Soňa. Správní uvážení : základní charakteristika a souvislosti pojmu. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 241 s. ISBN 8021032375. info
Teaching methods
Range of Modes of Contacts: Lectures, use of commented presentations, group discussions, group seminar activities, brainstorming, case studies. Range of Other Learning Methods: Independent learning, self-study, elaboration of the written assignment, individual consultations.
Assessment methods
Type and Weighting of Assessment Elements: 100 % written assignment Further information on assessment Active participation in module seminars includes the debate concerning individual topics, which is highly appreciated, the knowledge of case studies, written assignments. Expected Form of Feedback: Formative and summative feedback will be provided to each student individually. Written comments with individual coursework assignments. Oral feedback upon request.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015.
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