PrF:BZ207Zk Constitutional Law - Course Information

BZ207Zk Constitutional Law for Bachelors

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Ing. Mgr. Jaroslav Benák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Alžbeta Králová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Sebastian Josef Wright (assistant)

Guaranteed by

JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D.
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 (in Czech)

!OBOR(PR) && !OBOR(PR01) && !PROGRAM(N-VS)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The subject makes the students acquainted with the basic branch of the Czech legal system (object, content and sources, the constitutional order, the constitutional fundaments of territorial organization, organization of population, organization of state power, citizenship, fundamental rights and freedoms and their protection in the Czech legal order, the position and organization of legislative, executive and judicial power, constitutional review, the constitutional fundaments of territorial self-government).

Learning outcomes

Student will be able: a) characterize the basic branch of the Czech legal systém, b) understand its object, content and sources, c) describe the constitutional order, the constitutional fundaments of territorial organization, organization of population, organization of state power and citizenship, d) define and classify fundamental rights and freedoms and their protection in the Czech legal order, e) describe the position and organization of legislative, executive and judicial power, constitutional review, f) define the constitutional fundaments of territorial self-government).

Syllabus

• 1. The object, the content and the sources of constitutional law. The constitutional order. Theory of the Czech Constitution. Constitutional acts. 2. The constitutional fundaments of territorial organization, organization of population and organization of state power. The citizenship and its principles. The conditions under which citizenship of the Czech Republic is acquired and lost. 3. The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms. The protection of fundamental rights and basic freedoms. 4. The fundaments of legal position of the President, the Parlament and the Government. Election law. 5. Judicial power. The fundaments of its organization. 6. The constitutional fundaments of territorial self-government

Literature

required literature
• FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo.Učební text pro bakalářské studium (Constitutional Law. Textbook for bachelor study). 4. aktualizované a doplněné. v Brně: MU, 2015, 168 pp. učebnice - 519. ISBN 978-80-210-7845-1. info

recommended literature
• FILIP, Jan, Jan SVATOŇ and Kateřina ŠIMÁČKOVÁ. Státověda. Učební text pro bakalářské studium. 2. dotisk 3. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2018, 198 pp. Edice učebnic Právnické fakulty MU, č. 524. ISBN 978-80-210-7972-4. info

not specified
• FILIP, Jan. Ústavní právo.Učební text pro bakalářské studium. 4. aktualizované a doplněné. v Brně: MU, 2015 (2 dotisk 4 akt. a dopl. vyd. 2020). 168 s. učebnice - 519. ISBN 978-80-210-7845-1.

Teaching methods

lectures, e-learning

Assessment methods

The exam is written.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod. přednášek za semestr / 12 hrs of lectures per semester.

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