SOC003 Public Administration in the Czech Republic

Faculty of Law
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Soňa Skulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Soňa Skulová, Ph.D.
Department of Administrative Studies and Administrative Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc.
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
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to Administrative Law, Administrative Law Science and Administrative Science. Public Administration vs. Private Administration 2. Survey of history of Public Administration (especially in the Czech Republic) and Public Adminitration studies. Constitutional rudiments of Public Administration 3. Organizational principles of Public Administration 4. Public Administration organization in the Czech Republic. State administration, self-governmental bodies 5. Public Administration functioning and decision-making. Tasks and aims of Public Administration. 6. Constitutional rudiments of Public Adminsitration. Principles of Good Governance. 7. Administrative Law system. Sources of Adminsitrative Law. 8. Regions, Communities - their status, competences, organs and activities 9. Administrative Procedural Law 10. Legal guarentees in Public Administration 11. Judicial control 12. Other means of Public Administration control. Public Administration and information.
Literature
  • SKULOVÁ, Soňa. Public administration in the Czech republic : multimediální učební text. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 47 s. (Edice multimediálních pomůcek PrF MU ; č. 22). ISBN 802103940X. info
  • TRIDIMAS, Takis. The general principles of EU law. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, cxxi, 591. ISBN 9780199227686. info
  • Code of administrative procedure. Edited by Vladimír Vopálka, Translated by Marta Chromá. Vyd. 1. Praha: ASPI, 2005, 555 s. ISBN 8073571099. info
  • KRAVCHUCK, Robert. Public administration : understanding management, politics, and law in the public sector. Edited by David H. Rosenbloom. 6th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2005, xvii, 590. ISBN 0071238433. info
  • Code of administrative justice. Edited by Vladimír Vopálka. Vyd. 1. Praha: ASPI, 2003, 407 s. ISBN 80-86395-65-0. info
  • ROSENBLOOM, David H., Deborah D. ROSENBLOOM and Patricia W. INGRAHAM. Contemporary public administration. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994, xiv, 536. ISBN 0070539391. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Lectures are held for a minimum of 5 students. With smaller number of students attending the course, lectures are replaced with tutorials. Reading list will be given by the course co-ordinator at the fist lecture or tutorial. The examination has a written and an oral part. Examination - credit requirements: 1. Semester paper 2. Written test comprising Yes/No(True/False) or multiple choice questions 3. Discussion on the semester paper
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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