D6USP03 Constitutional Law VI

Faculty of Law
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Jan Svatoň, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Vojtěch Šimíček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites
Fulfillment of the requirements for course credit D5USPO3 Constitutional Law V
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
Constitutional Law introduces students in basic problems of the theory of the constitution and in values the constitution of the Czech Republic is based on. Further deals with the legal regulation of state power and its organisation in the Czech Republic (separation of powers, particular constitutional bodies, their position to each other, rules of their procedure), then with the relation of state and individuals (citizenship, fundamental rights and freedom, their protection, constitutional foundations of the status of foreigners).
Syllabus
  • Concept, subject and sources of the Czech constitutional law. Continuity and discontinuity in the development of the Czech constitutional law. Constitutional accountability. Constitution as a fundamental law. Interpretation and application of the Czech constitution. International law and the municipal law. Promulgation of statutes and other legal regulations. Right to associate and the right of the political parties in the Czech Republic. Electoral law and its principles. Electoral procedure. Judicial protection of franchise. Direct democracy in the Czech Republic. Territorial organisation of the Czech Republic. Frontiers. Capital. Citizenship. Concept. Principles of legal regulation. International agreements. How the Czech citizenship is acquired and lost. Charter of fundamental rights and freedoms. Notion of fundamental right and freedom. Classification. Freedom, liberty, equality, dignity, non-discrimination. State power in the Czech Republic. Constitutional concept. Separation of powers. State power and self-government. Legal status of a state body (organ). Parliamentarism in the Czech Republic. Constitutional status of the Parliament. Bicameral structure. Legislative process. Legal position of Members of the Parliament. Executive power. The head of State. The government and other administrative offices. The Constitutional Court. Legal status. Competence. Types of judicial procedures before the Constitutional Court. Judicial power in the Czech constitution. Legal status, position, activity. The State Attorney's Office. The Supreme Auditing Office. The Czech National Bank. Constitutional foundations of territorial self-government. Other forms of self-government.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • RYCHETSKÝ, Pavel, Tomáš LANGÁŠEK, Tomáš HERC a Petr MLSNA. Ústava České republiky. Ústavní zákon o bezpečnosti České republiky. Komentář. 1. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, a. s., 2015. s. 509 - 521, 13 s. Kodex. ISBN 978-80-7478-809-3
  • Ústava České republiky : komentář. Edited by Vladimír Sládeček - Vladimír Mikule - Radovan Suchánek - Jindři. 2. vydání. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2016, xviii, 130. ISBN 9788074005909. info
  • PAVLÍČEK, Václav. Ústavní právo a státověda. 2. aktualizované vydání. Praha: Leges, 2015, 1152 stran. ISBN 9788075020840. info
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  • BLAHOŽ, Josef, Vladimír BALAŠ and Karel KLÍMA. Srovnávací ústavní právo. 3., přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: ASPI, 2007, 511 s. ISBN 9788073573126. info
  • FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo České republiky. 1, Základní pojmy a instituty. Ústavní základy ČR. 4. opr. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 556 s. (Edice učebnic PrF MU v Brně ; sv. 330). ISBN 80-210-3254-5. info
  • FILIP, Jan, Zdeněk KOUDELKA, Jiří KROUPA, Jan SVATOŇ, Vojtěch ŠIMÍČEK and Renata VLČKOVÁ. Soudobé ústavní systémy (Constitutional Systems). 2. dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 241 pp. Edice učebnice PrF MU v Brně ; č. 259. ISBN 80-210-2520-4. info
  • KLOKOČKA, Vladimír. Ústavní řízení evropských států. 1. vyd. Praha: Linde, 1996, 415 s. ISBN 8072010107. info
  • WEYR, František. Československé právo ústavní. V Praze: Melantrich, 1937, xii, 339. info
  • PRAŽÁK, Jiří. Rakouské právo veřejné. Díl první, Právo ústavní. Rakouské právo ústavní. Čásť třetí, Ústava říšská, Čásť čtvrtá, Ústava mocnářství celkového. 2. dopl. vyd. V Praze: Nákladem Jednoty právnické, 1903, 478, 249 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, consultations, reading, essay
Assessment methods
Written analyze of selected cases and literature. Oral colloquium. Consultations to the scheduled literature, anotation, essay on the set theme (aimed to the subject matter of a dissertation)
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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