MVD023K Decision-making Processes at the University Level

Faculty of Law
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Veronika Smutná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Veronika Smutná, Ph.D.
Institute of Legal Skills and Innovation of Studies – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Bc. Martin Pěnčík
Supplier department: Institute of Legal Skills and Innovation of Studies – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVD023K/01: Wed 6. 3. 16:40–18:10 160, 18:15–19:45 160, Wed 20. 3. 16:40–18:10 160, 18:15–19:45 160, Wed 3. 4. 16:40–18:10 160, 18:15–19:45 160, Wed 17. 4. 16:40–18:10 160, 18:15–19:45 160, Wed 1. 5. 16:40–18:10 160, 18:15–19:45 160, Wed 15. 5. 16:40–18:10 160, 18:15–19:45 160, V. Smutná
Prerequisites (in Czech)
MP701Zk Administrative Procedural Law && MP712Z Administrative Law II
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
Aim of the course is to gain theoretical and mainly practical knowledge and skills in the area of law of higher education, administrative process and internal law making.
At the end of the course students should be able to thoroughly understand the status and activities of universities. They should be well oriented in the administrative process under the Higher Education Act and bring it to compare with the general administrative process. They should be able to assess the legality of issued decision and suggest a suitable remedy (and prepare it). They should be able to use basic as well as higher - principled and constitutional - legal arguments. In addition, students should learn the basics of internal law making.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the law of higher education: constitutional and legal bases and their reflection, legal sources, types and kinds of universities. Academic Authonomy. Administrative decision making.
  • 2. Normative decision making - issuing of internal regulations and other internal normative acts.
  • 3. Individual decision making - isssuing of administrative decisions.
  • 4. Decision making about higher education intsitution. Juducial review.
  • 5. Semester paper.
  • 6. Final consultation.
Literature
    required literature
  • JURNÍKOVÁ, Jana, Soňa SKULOVÁ, Petr PRŮCHA, Petr HAVLAN, Stanislav SEDLÁČEK, Stanislav KADEČKA, Petr KOLMAN and Alena KLIKOVÁ. Správní právo : zvláštní část. 6. doplněné vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, 399 stran. ISBN 9788021048478. info
  • SKULOVÁ, Soňa, Petr PRŮCHA, Petr HAVLAN, Stanislav KADEČKA and Jana JURNÍKOVÁ. Správní právo procesní (Administrative Procedural Law). 1. vyd. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2008, 405 pp. Učebnice. ISBN 978-80-7380-110-6. URL info
    recommended literature
  • KLÍMA, Karel. Komentář k Ústavě a Listině. 2. rozš. vyd. Plzeň: Nakladatelství a vydavatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2009, 923 -1441. ISBN 9788073801403. info
  • Správní řád : komentář. Edited by Josef Vedral. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ivana Hexnerová - Bova Polygon, 2006, 1042 s. ISBN 8072731343. info
  • LAVICKÝ, Petr, Marie SOUČKOVÁ and Sylva ŠIŠKEOVÁ. Soudní řád správní s judikaturou a souvisejícími předpisy (Code of administrative justice with case-law and related legal enactments). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2005, 467 pp. Zákony s judikaturou. ISBN 80-7179-314-0. info
  • Soudní řád správní : komentář. Edited by Vladimír Vopálka. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2004, xi, 327. ISBN 8071798649. info
  • KÜHN, Zdeněk, Michal BOBEK, Radim POLČÁK and A KOL. Judikatura a právní argumentace (Case-law and legal argumentation). Vyd. 1. Praha: AUDITORIUM, 2006, 234 pp. ISBN 80-903786-0-9. info
  • • Nejvyšší správní soud: rozhodnutí a stanoviska (www.nssoud.cz)
  • • Ústavní soud: nálezy a usnesení (http://nalus.usoud.cz)
Teaching methods
Lectures, analysis of model and actual cases, seminar discussions, training with the decisions and documents, seminarworks and homeworks. Great emphasis will be given to the feedback. Lectures will also be based on analyses of relevant case law, which relates to the subject of the course.
Assessment methods
Knowledge, along with acquired skills, will be validated through the whole course, mainly by evaluations of their homework. In the case of inadequate homework, student will be encouraged to rework it.
Final verification will be done through the semester paper, with one possibile remaking. Review of a final work will be communicated orally to each student.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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