MVV34K Legal History of Czechoslovakia in the Interwar Period – Selected Issues

Faculty of Law
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Ondřej Horák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. JUDr. Ladislav Vojáček, CSc. (seminar tutor)
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 of Seminar Groups
MVV34K/01: Mon 2. 3. to Fri 22. 5. each odd Friday 8:00–9:40 129, O. Horák
MVV34K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. O. Horák
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: ;
understand contemporary aspects of functioning of law;
analyse the developmend of law between WW1 and WW2;
take advantage of importance and inspirational of the First Republic’s heritage for present legal culture.
Syllabus
  • Content of the course, inter-war literature and jurisprudence.
  • Law and Act (the relationship of law and decision, interpretation and application of the law, loopholes in the law, interpretative provisions of the civil codes).
  • Law and Revolution (the creation of Czechoslovakia and other countries, receptions, unification, peace treaties, issues of continuity and discontinuity).
  • Law and Nationality (nationalism, ethnicity, minorities, ethnic and linguistic rights).
  • Law and Property (protection of property, confiscation, expropriation, land reforms).
  • Final seminar.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Československé právo a právní věda v meziválečném období (1918-1938) a jejich místo ve střední Evropě : [sborník příspěvků]. Edited by Karel Malý - Ladislav Soukup. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2010, 594 s. ISBN 9788024617183. info
  • HORÁK, Ondřej. Liechtensteinové mezi konfiskací a vyvlastněním : příspěvek k poválečným zásahům do pozemkového vlastnictví v Československu v první polovině dvacátého století. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2010, 287 s. ISBN 9788072774579. info
  • SCHELLE, Karel, Ladislav VOJÁČEK, Ondřej HORÁK, Monika HORÁKOVÁ and Jaromír TAUCHEN. Meziválečné Československo a Evropa (INTERWAR CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC AND EUROPE). Karel Schelle a kolektiv. 1st ed. Ostrava: KEY Publishing, 2008, 100 pp. Právo. ISBN 978-80-87071-98-4. info
Teaching methods
The course is taught in the form of compulsory seminars for one semester (2nd semester in the first year). The teacher sets topics of papers (personalities of interwar jurisprudence) according to the outline of seminars. The audio-visual equipment of the classrooms makes it possible to give presentations with papers. The written adjustment according to the topics of seminars, papers and recommended literature are the basis for discussions.
Assessment methods
To obtain the credit is necessary to participate actively in seminars (including the written adjustment) and to present the paper. The colloquium will have written form (test - 50% correct responses).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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