PrF:MP103Zk General History of Law - Course Information
MP103Zk General History of Law
Faculty of LawAutumn 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Supplier department: Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law - Timetable
- Tue 15:05–16:35 140, Tue 16:40–18:10 136
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- NOW ( MP103Z General History of Law-Seminar ) || MP103Z General History of Law-Seminar || CM103Z General History of Law-Seminar
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
formulate main development tendencies in ancient, medieval and modern states;
understand specifics in the development of ancient and medieval state systems;
understand specifics of ancient and medieval law;
learn the formation of public law disciplines;
inform about contemporary reasons for constitutional system implementation;
inform about contemporary reasons for civil liberties implemetation;
explain main specifics of modern constitutions;
explain fundamentals of the authoritative regimes in the 20th cent.;
understand the importance of the 18th and 19th centuries codifications for the continental law development;
describe main differences between continental and common law;
analyse characteristics of development of certain European states and the USA. - Syllabus
- Development in periods.
- Ancient state and law.
- Medieval law and state (early centralization,disintegration,monarchy of the estates), absolutism, modern state and law.
- Estates, feud system, position of servants.
- Role and position of the monarch, central and local institutions.
- Sources of law, legal relics.
- Legal particularism.
- Perception of Roman law.
- Differences in development of continental and English law.
- Most important codification of 18th and 19th centuries.
- Constitutional Development of European states and USA.
- Characteristics of law and state development in the I.half of 19th century.
- Totalitarian regimes in 20th. Century.
- Characteristic features of law in 20th century.
- Literature
- required literature
- VOJÁČEK, L and KOL. Nástin právních dějin. 1st ed. Brno: MU - MUNIPRESS, 2011. info
- VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Ondřej HORÁK, Pavel SALÁK, Karel SCHELLE, Renata VESELÁ and Eduard VLČEK. Praktikum z právních dějin (Practice of Legal History). / Ladislav Vojáček a kolektiv. 1st ed. Pelhřimov: Jaroslav Samek, 2006, 236 pp. 1.sv. ISBN 80-86391-19-1. info
- recommended literature
- SCHELLE, Karel, Marta KADLECOVÁ, Renata VESELÁ, Eduard VLČEK, Michaela ŽIDLICKÁ, Ladislav VOJÁČEK and Ilona SCHELLEOVÁ. Právní dějiny (Legal History). 1st ed. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2007, 1134 pp. Právo. ISBN 978-80-7380-043-7. info
- Teaching methods
- homeworks, lecture
- Assessment methods
- open questions as a form of written exam (no test; 66% success rate)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- CMVE001Z Chapters from the Medieval Law in the Czech Lands
NOW(MP103Zk) && NOW(MP106Z) && !MP103Z && !MP106Z && !CM103Z && !CM106Z - CMVE006K History of the Czech Judiciary
NOW(MP103Zk) - CMVE007K Development of Constitutional Law in the Czech Lands
NOW(MP103Zk) - MVE001Z Chapters from the Medieval Law in the Czech Lands
NOW(MP103Zk) && NOW(MP106Z) && !MP103Z && !MP106Z && !CM103Z && !CM106Z - MVV296K Interactive Entertainment Law
MP103Zk - MVV36K Legal History and Film – Manipulation of People and History
(MP103Zk || CM103Zk) && !NOWANY(MVV35K) - MV102K History of the Czech State and Law until 1620
!MP104Zk && !MP103Z && !MP106Z && !MP113Z && !CM104Zk && !CM103Z && !CM106Z && !CM113Z && !MP103Zk && !MP113Zk - MV121K Introduction to Private Law
NOW(MP103Zk) - MV122K Introduction to the Study of Law
NOW(MP103Zk)
- CMVE001Z Chapters from the Medieval Law in the Czech Lands
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