DOSCPV_RP2 Family Law II.

Faculty of Law
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Zdeňka Králíčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Zdeňka Králíčková, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Alice Dvořáková
Supplier department: Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! DO3PVPC2 Family Law II.
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 is focus on the concept of marriage, its conclusion, right and duties of spouses and its divorce, mainly in comparison with other forms of cohabitation: de facto or partnership and registered partnership.
Learning outcomes
Students will obtaining both the knowledge and active skills from family law as a basic branch of private law. At the end of the course the students will be able to understand family law and search, study, analyse and comment the case law of the Constitutional court and the European court of Human Rights. The students will be able to understand and explain human rights dimension of family law and its importance for a human being as a child, parent, husband, substitute parent etc. Students will study and work with foreign legal orders to understand the process of convergence and divergence of family laws in Europe, their roots. The student will get known the "common core" and create "better law". The students will understand development and perspectives. Only good understanding can be followed by good application. The students will be able to make reasoned decision about all the family law cases. The students will study, analyse, interpret and solve - beside other activities - both real cases and model cases. They will discuss and argue all the family law topics.
Syllabus
1. Marriage and its historical context. 2. Forms of concluding marriage. 3. Voidable marriage, non-existing marriage. 4. Marital proeprty law - concepts. 5. Divorce. 6. Divorce in the European dimension. Principles by the CEFL. 7. Other forms of cohabitation and their institutionalization. Principles by the CEFL.
Literature
    required literature
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Občanský zákoník II. Rodinné právo (§ 655 - 975). Komentář. (Civil Code II. Family Law (§ 655 - 975). Commentary). 2. vyd. C. H. Beck, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7400-795-8. info
  • KORNEL, Martin. Výživné neprovdané matky - promlčení, prekluze a zásada nemo pro praeterito alitur (Alimony for unmarried mothers - statutory limitation and the principle of nemo pro praeterito alitur). Právní rozhledy. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2024, vol. 32, No 18, p. 589-595. ISSN 1210-6410. Repozitář MU info
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka; Milana HRUŠÁKOVÁ and Lenka WESTPHALOVÁ. Rodinné právo (Family Law). 3rd ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2022, 412 pp. Academia Iuris. ISBN 978-80-7400-877-1. info
    recommended literature
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka and Martin KORNEL. Liberalizace právní úpravy rozvodu manželství a její limity (Liberalisation of Divorce Laws and its Limits). Právní rozhledy. Nakladatelství C.H. Beck, 2022, vol. 30, 15-16, p. 537-541. ISSN 1210-6410. Repozitář MU info
    not specified
  • KORNEL, Martin; Jakub NOVÁK and Karel ŘEPA. Rovnost v důstojnosti a právech: partnerství nebo manželství? 2025. info
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka; Martin KORNEL and Lucie ZAVADILOVÁ. Czechia - Family Property and Succession. Online. In Ruggeri, L., Kunda, I., Winkler, S. (eds.). PSEFS e-book with National Reports from 28 Member States - National Reports On The Collected Data. 1st ed. Rijeka: European Union´s Justice Programme 2014 - 2020, No. 80082-JUST-AG-2017/JUST-JCOO-2017), 2019, p. 122-158. Family Property and Succession in EU Member States. Personalised Solutions in European Family and Succession law. ISBN 978-953-8034-25-1. E-kniha Webový portál projektu info
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Recenze díla Schwenzer, I., Dimsey, M.: Model Family Code. From a Global Perspective. Antwerpen - Oxford, Intersentia, 2006, 257 s. (Bookl review of the book by Schwenzer, I., Dimsey, M.: Model Family Code. From a Global Perspective. Antwerpen - Oxford, Intersentia, 2006, 257 s.). Právník. Praha, Česká republika: Ústav státu a práva Akademie věd, 2007, vol. 2007, No 2, p. 80-83. ISSN 0231-6625. info
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Glosa k návrhu obligatorního civilního sňatku. Právní rozhledy : časopis pro všechna právní odvětví. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2006, Roč. 14, č. 4, p. 148. ISSN 1210-6410. info
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Práva neprovdané matky. Právo a rodina. Praha: Linde, 2004, Roč. 6, č. 8, p. 4-8. ISSN 1212-866X. info
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Právní aspekty spekulativních sňatků s cizinci (Legal aspect of speculative marriages with foreigners). Právní rozhledy : časopis pro všechna právní odvětví. Praha: Beck, 2000, Roč. 8, č. 6, p. 246-250. ISSN 1210-6410. info
  • KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Zdeňka and Zdeňka GREGOROVÁ. Nesezdané soužití v právním řádu České republiky (Cohabitation in the legal order of the Czech republic). Právní rozhledy : časopis pro všechna právní odvětví. Praha: Beck, 1998, roč. 6, č. 5, p. 209-214. ISSN 1210-6410. info
Teaching methods
- theoretical preparation - interpretation and application of the legal norms - study, analysis and presentation of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights - argumentation - group projects
Assessment methods
e-learning - individual consultations - colloquium - presentations of written essays - topic given by the Civil Law Department For more see IO.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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