SOC039 History of European Integration

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Veronika Tauchenová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: prof. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Deutschkenntnisse - Niveau C1
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
After the fulfilment of this course the students should gain basic knowledge about the history of the European integration, that they will use in the following courses taught on the Faculty of Law (mainly the European Law).
Syllabus
  • 1.Introduction, literature and sources, a brief outline of periodization of the European Integration
  • 2.The roots of integration efforts in the antique period and in the middle ages
  • 3.The Holy Roman Empire – an unsuccessful integration attempt of the Christendom
  • 4.The dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire and the formation of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund)
  • 5.The nineteenth century in token of the alliance policy
  • 6.The World War I – the end of the imperial conceptions of integrated Europe
  • 7.Integration attempts in the 20th of the twentieth century and the policy of the common security, the League of Nations, the Little Entente
  • 8.Czechoslovakia and integration efforts during the interwar period
  • 9.The postwar development of the European integration - the UN, NATO, the Warsaw Pact, the CSCE
  • 10.The EEC, the EURATOM
  • 11.The European Union, the eastern enlargement
  • 12.Final test and discussion
  • Abbreviations:
  • UN = United Nations
  • NATO = North-Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • CSCE = Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
  • EEC = European Economic Community
Literature
  • SCHELLE, Karel, Ladislav VOJÁČEK, Renata VESELÁ and Jaromír TAUCHEN. Tschechische Politiker und die europäische Integrationin in der Zeit des Ersten Weltkrieges (Czech Politics and European Integration during the I World War). In Právní a ekonomické problémy současnosti VIII. 1st ed. Ostrava: KEY Publishing, 2008, p. 57-65. ISBN 978-80-7418-004-0. info
  • SCHELLE, Karel. Czech Law in the European Union. In Czech Law in the European Union. 1st ed. Ostrava: KEY Publishing, 2007, p. 1-105. ISBN 978-80-87071-12-0. info
  • SCHELLE, Karel, Renata VESELÁ and Ladislav VOJÁČEK. Myšlenka evropské integrace a její vyústění v realitě EU (nástin problematiky) (The Idea of European Integration and its Realization in EU). 1st ed. Ostrava: KEY Publishing, 2006, 102 pp. Právo. ISBN 80-87071-05-0. info
Teaching methods
class discussion
Assessment methods
oral exam
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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