Selected Problems of Czech Criminal Law – Autumn 2018


Wednesdays 16:00 – 17:40, room no. 042


Schedule:


3. 10.   Introduction to Czech Criminal Law. Crime as the Basis of Criminal Liability in the Czech
Criminal Law. (J. Provazník)


10. 10. The System of Criminal Sanctions in the Czech Criminal Law (J. Provazník)


17. 10. Introduction to the Special Part of the Czech Criminal Code. Chapters I. – VI. (J.
Provazník)


24. 10. Introduction to the Special Part of the Czech Criminal Code. Chapters VII. – XIII. (J.
Provazník)


31. 10. Juvenile Justice in the Czech Republic. (E. Brucknerová)


7. 11.   Probation and Mediation Service. Diversions in the Criminal Proceedings. (E. Brucknerová)


14. 11. Introduction to the Czech Criminal Procedure – Basic Principles, Stages of Criminal
Proceedings. (K. Kandová)


21. 11. The Role and Function of Public Prosecutor in the Preliminary Proceedings. (J. Fenyk)


28. 11. The System of Courts, the Role and Function of the Court in the Criminal Proceedings.  (J.
Fenyk)


5. 12.   Evidence Proceedings. (D. Čep)

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12. 12. Defense in the Criminal Proceedings. (J. Provazník)


19. 12. Final test. Presentation and evaluation of essays and discussion about them. (J. Provazník)


The order of the lectures may be subjected to change due to unexpected academic duties of the
lectures.


Requirements for credit:


You will have to write an essay, give a presentation of its findings so that your colleagues can
discuss upon it on the last lesson and pass a test.


For each of these three requirements, you can get up to 12 points. To successfully finish this
subject, you need to get at least 6 points in each requirement and at least 24 points in total. The
classification is as follows:


36 – 33 A, 32 – 30 B, 29-28 C, 27 – 26 D, 25 – 24 E.


You can also get an additional 0,5 point for each lesson you decide to attend.


Essay: Your essay’s topic must relate to the Czech criminal law (could be also a comparison with
your country’s law). The essay has to be structured into introduction, text, conclusions and list
of sources. Minimal range is 10 pages including references, maximal range is unlimited. Please
submit your essays via e-mail jan.provaznik@law.muni. Deadline for essay’s submission is 12. 12.
2018!


Presentation: You have to prepare a short presentation of your essay (5-10 minutes) for the last
lesson in which you introduce your essay’s topic and your conclusions to your classmates.


Test: The test will be composed of 12 true/false type of questions about Czech criminal law
according to topic of lectures, for each correct answer you get 1 point, wrong answers are not
penalized.


Literature:


FRYŠTÁK, Marek, Věra KALVODOVÁ a Jan PROVAZNÍK. Selected Problems of the Czech Criminal Law. Brno:
Masaryk University, 2015. ISBN: 978-80-210-7985-4.


FRYŠTÁK, Marek; ČENTÉŠ, Jozef; SZCZECHOWICZ, Corporate Criminal Liability in the Czech Republic,
Slovakia and Poland. Brno: Masaryk University, 2016. ISBN: 978-80-210-8382-0.


KARABEC, Zdeněk; VLACH, Jiří; HULMÁKOVÁ, Jana et al. Criminal justice system in the Czech Republic.
3^rd edition. Prague: Institute for Criminology and Social Prevention, 2017. ISBN:
978-80-7338-168-4.


MRÁZKOVÁ, Iva (eds.) Penal Code. Prague: Wolters Kluwer, 2011. ISBN: 978-80-7357-674-5.


ZEMAN, Petr. (eds.). Research on Crime and Criminal Justice in the Czech Republic. Prague:
Institute for Criminology and Social Prevention, 2017. ISBN: 978-80-7338-165-3.


Code of Criminal Procedure. Prague: Wolters Kluwer, 2011. ISBN: 978-80-7357-683-7.


Selected translated decision of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. Online. Available
from: https://www.usoud.cz/en/decisions/


Contact:

Jan Provazník

E-mail: jan.provaznik@law.muni.cz

Consultation hours in autumn semester 2018: Wednesdays 13:00 – 14:40, room no. 226.