E1320 Fundamentals of justice

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Tomáš Foltas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Lukáš Hlouch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Kamil Fuchs, CSc.
Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Emilie Jirkuvová
Timetable
Thu 16:20–17:55 P101
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
This subject is designed to convey the knowledge of selected legal institutes necessary for an efficient orientation in positive legal regulation. In the first thematic section students shall get familiar with basic terms and notions of the theory of state as the law and public authority warrantor. The second section is devoted to a legal theory necessary for an orientation in the legal order and system of law. Students shall get acquainted with the nature of law as a social phenomenon and with its functions. They shall learn basic concepts of general jurisprudence. They shall learn to work with the sources of law in order to interpret and apply them in concrete cases. They shall get oriented themselves in the system of legal branches and their mutual ties. The subject shall create the basis for further education in the other courses dealing with law.
Syllabus
  • 1. State and Law (concept and functions of state and the relation between state and law). 2. Structure of the state power (legislature, organization of government, administration and self-administration, judiciary and system of courts) 3. Fundaments of Law (concept of law as a normative system, other systems of social regulation, rule of law, legislature, legal informatics). 4. System and Structure of Law (national and international law including the EC law, public and private law, substantive and procedural law, branches of law, legal institutes and their meaning). 5. Sources of Law (formal and material sources of law, norms, principles and general legal principles, hierarchy and collision of legal norms, normative acts, and legal informatics). 6. Legal norm (structure and types of legal norms, peremptory and dispositive norms, scope of jurisdiction). 7. Legal relationship and its elements (subjects, objects and contents of legal relationship, legal rights and duties, origin and termination of legal relationships, protection of rights). 8. Subjects of legal relationships (legal personality and its contents, classification and specifics, representation). 9. Legal matters (concept, origin, characteristic features, defects of legal conduct, invalidity, types of contracts). 10. Legal liability (concept, function and types, liability for culpability and strict liability within individual branches of law, exculpation and liberation). 11. Implementation, application and interpretation of law (forms of implementation of law by means of legal acts and legal conduct, authorities applying law and their practice, process law and its principles, interpretation as a part of the application process, methods of interpretation and their collision). 12. Rule of law, democracy, social state (concept, meaning and basic characteristics, essential principles of rule of law, democracy and its forms). 13. Fundamental human rights and liberties (concept and meaning, protection of human rights and liberties and its institutional framework, Constitutional Court and European Court of Human Rights).
Literature
  • KUČERA, Radomír. Základy práva (Introduction to Law). 1st ed. Brno: MU, 2002, 89 pp. ISBN 80-210-2940-4. info
  • GERLOCH, Aleš. Teorie práva. 3. rozšířené vydání. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2004, 343 stran. ISBN 8086473856. info
  • KNAPP, Viktor. Teorie práva. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1995, xvi, 247 s. ISBN 3-406-40177-5. info
  • SPIRIT, Michal. Základy práva pro neprávníky. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2004, 303 s. ISBN 8086898032. info
  • KLÍMA, Karel. Teorie veřejné moci (vládnutí). Praha: ASPI, 2003, 311 s. ISBN 80-86395-78-2. info
  • ŠÍMA, Alexander and Milan SUK. Základy práva pro střední a vyšší odborné školy. 5. dopl. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2002, xxiii, 373. ISBN 8071796689. info
  • FILIP, Jan, Jan SVATOŇ and Josef ZIMEK. Základy státovědy [Masarykova univerzita, 2002]. 3. opr. a zkrác.vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. Právnická fakulta, 2002, 264 s. Edice učebnic PrF MU v Brně ; č. 306. ISBN 80-210-3023-2. info
  • KNAPP, Viktor. Teorie práva. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1995, xvi, 247 s. ISBN 3-406-40177-5. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006.
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