BEV202Zk European Legal History

Faculty of Law
Spring 2009
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. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Božena Vykopalová
Timetable
Mon 23. 2. to Fri 22. 5. Tue 16:40–18:10 215
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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The sense of teaching European Legal History is to enable students to gain information about basic trends of state and law development in Europe.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to define main development tendencies of European states;
to understand specifics of medieval state system and law development;
to inform about contemporary reasons for constitutional system implementation;
to inform about contemporary reasons for civil liberties implemetation;
to explain fundamentals of the authoritative regimes in the 20th cent.;
to understand the importance of the 18th and 19th centuries codifications for the continental law development;
to desribe main differences between continental and common law;
to understand reasons of European integration effort (as well as other integration processes) in the past as well as the reasons of its enforcement problems.
Syllabus
  • Ancient state and law.
  • Medieval law and state (early centralization, disintegration, monarchy of the estates), absolutism, modern state and law.
  • Estates.
  • Feud system.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • VOJÁČEK, Ladislav and Karel SCHELLE. Právní dějiny integrující se Evropy. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Key Publishing, 2008, 254 s. ISBN 9788087071809. info
  • VOJÁČEK, Ladislav and Karel SCHELLE. České právní dějiny do roku 1945. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Key Publishing, 2007, 218 s. ISBN 9788086575254. info
Assessment methods
In the classes lectures and discussions are held.
Students are required to present a paper during the semester.
There is a written final exam at the end of the semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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