Rules of Procedure of the Scientific Council of the
Faculty of Law of Masaryk University
(as amended with effect from 1 March 2021)
Pursuant to Section 28(1) of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education and on
Amendments and Additions to Other Acts (the Higher Education Act), as amended
(hereinafter referred to as the Higher Education Act), I hereby issue these Rules of
Procedure of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University:
Article 1
Convening of the Scientific Council
(1) Meetings of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University
(hereinafter referred to as the "Scientific Council") are convened by the Dean of the
Faculty of Law of Masaryk University (hereinafter referred to as the "Faculty") under
the conditions set out in the Higher Education Act and the Statutes of the Faculty.
(2) The Dean convenes a meeting of the Scientific Board at least once per semester.
He/she is obliged to convene a meeting if at least one third of the members of the
Scientific Board or the Academic Senate of the Faculty so request.
(3) All members of the Scientific Council are obliged to attend meetings of the
Scientific Council.
(4) No later than one month before the first meeting of the Scientific Board in a
semester, the Dean shall announce the schedule of the Scientific Board meetings for
the relevant semester.
Article 2
Invitation and documents for the meeting
(1) Prior to the meeting of the Scientific Council, its members shall receive an
electronic invitation with the agenda and supporting documents for its individual
items well in advance. In justified cases, the documents may be distributed at the
opening of the meeting.
(2) A member of the Scientific Council may propose the inclusion of an agenda item.
If written documents are required for its discussion, he/she shall provide them to the
Dean with sufficient time in advance.
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Article 3
Conduct of the Scientific Council meetings
Meetings of the Scientific Board are chaired by the Dean of the Faculty and in his
absence by the Vice-Dean for Science and Research or a member of the Scientific
Board authorised by the Dean. The dean may delegate another member of the
Scientific Board to chair the Scientific Board meeting for individual agenda items.
Article 4
Meetings of the Scientific Council
(1) A quorum of the Scientific Council shall be present if an absolute majority of all
members is present. A majority of the members of the Scientific Council present must
be in favour of the adoption of a proposal.
(2) The Scientific Council shall decide on the outcome of qualification procedures by
secret ballot; the presence of at least two-thirds of all members of the Scientific
Council is required for the resolution to be valid, and a majority of all members of
the Scientific Council must vote in favour of the proposal.
(3) The Scientific Council may decide to vote by secret ballot, although the law does
not require a secret ballot in this case.
(4) The Dean may decide that the Scientific Council shall elect two scrutineers from
among its members to conduct and control the secret ballot and to announce its
results.
(5) The dean may decide that the application in INET.muni.cz or another suitable
application enabling secret voting will be used for the voting of the Scientific Council.
Article 5
Enrolment
The minutes of the meetings of the Scientific Council are taken by the Vice-Dean for
Science and Research. The minutes are signed by the Dean of the Faculty or the
member of the Scientific Board who chaired the meeting in his/her absence.
Article 6
Per rollam voting
Proposals on which the Scientific Council does not vote by secret ballot can also be
voted on using the INET.muni.cz application for per rollam voting, or via e-mail. In
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the case of such a vote, the dean, or a person authorised by him/her, sends all
members of the Scientific Council a draft resolution on the matter, including the
relevant documents, specifies the form of the vote and communicates the deadline
for the response. The voting takes place in such a way that the individual members
of the Scientific Council send or enter in the INET.muni.cz application, within the set
deadline, to the Chair of the Scientific Council the answer "I agree" or "I disagree / I
abstain from voting" according to the chosen voting method. Responses received
after the deadline are discarded. A valid resolution requires an 'I agree' vote by a
majority of all members of the Scientific Council.
Article 7
Form of the Scientific Council meeting
(1) The dean may decide on the form of a meeting of the Scientific Council. The
Scientific Council shall meet: a) in attendance, with the members of the Scientific
Council physically present in a pre-announced meeting room, b) online in a preannounced
manner, or a combination of both a) and b).
(2) The Dean shall announce the form of the meeting before the meeting of the
Scientific Council.
(3) The principles of publicity, orality and directness of proceedings shall be
maintained in all forms of meetings. In all forms, secret ballots shall also be taken
where the law so provides or where the Scientific Council so decides.
Article 8
Procedure in qualification procedures
(1) The chair of the habilitation or evaluation committee shall present his/her report
on the committee's proceedings and its conclusions at a public meeting of the
Scientific Council. The presentation of the candidate or the defence of his/her
habilitation thesis shall normally take place at the next meeting of the Scientific
Council.
(2) During the consideration of bo dů in the qualification procedure of a member of
the Scientific Council, his/her rights and obligations arising from membership of the
Scientific Council are temporarily suspended.
Article 9
Final Provisions
(1) The Rules of Procedure of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Law of 5 June
2017 are repealed.
(2) Pursuant to Section 27(1)(b) of the Act, the Academic Senate of the Faculty of
Law of Masaryk University approved these Rules of Procedure of the Scientific Council
of the Faculty of Law on 14 December 2020.
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(3) Pursuant to Section 9(1)(b) of the Act, the Academic Senate of Masaryk University
approved these Rules of Procedure of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Law on
1 March 2021.
(4) These Rules of Procedure shall enter into force on 1 March 2021.
In Brno on 8 March 2021 doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D.
Dean
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