FSS:POL507 Human Rights - Course Information
POL507 Content of Human Rights in a Comparative Perspective
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2012
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 9 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. JUDr. Mgr. Pavel Molek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Petříková
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Tue 10:00–11:40 U41
- 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
- Political Science (programme FSS, N-PL)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course the student should understand the European system of human rights protection at both the national and international (ECHR) level; the student should be able to present a reasoned analysis of a human rights case; the students should understand the basic case-law of ECHR and national courts related to human rights issues; the student should also understand the different approaches that the courts adopt while dealing with the cases; the students should also gain basic understanding of the jurisprudence and approaches of the African, American, Asian etc. courts.
- Syllabus
- The Concept of Human Rights, Schedule
- The Evolution of Human Rights Protection in Europe
- Constitutional Review and Human Rights
- Human Dignity, Right to Personhood,
- Equality
- Right to Life (Abortions, Euthanasia and beyond)
- Torture
- Freedom of Expression
- Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Association
- Social Rights
- Universality or diversity
- Literature
- Literatura vložená do studijních materiálů
- STEINER, Henry J., Philip ALSTON and Ryan GOODMAN. International human rights in context : law, politics, morals : text and materials. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, xxxix, 149. ISBN 9780199279425. info
- Rovnost a diskriminace. Edited by Michal Bobek - Pavla Boučková - Zdeněk Kühn. Vyd. 1. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2007, xlviii, 47. ISBN 9788071795841. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures/Class diccussion
- Assessment methods
- Model case + multi-choice test (10 questions, 5 out of 10 required to pass)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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