SPP105 Social Law

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Iva Kernová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 P24, Tue 16:00–17:40 P24
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SPP104 Principles of Law || SPP322 Principles of Law
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 5 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/5, only registered: 0/5
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 15 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
This is a follow-up of the course Basics of Law. The students get a deeper insight into the present situation in social legislation in the Czech Republic, and an opportunity to get practical orientation in the area of social insurance, State social support, and social assistance. It also deals with some current problems, such as the situation of foreigners, asylum seekers, and applying for Czech citizenship. The students will also get an opportunity to independently solve some model social situations.
Syllabus
  • Social Security: the concept of welfare state, social rights, basic pillars, financing 2. Sickness Insurance: sickness benefits, benefit for care of a family member, pregnancy and maternity compensation benefit, maternity benefits (eligibility, purpose, height, calculations, presenting a claim, making an application) 3. Retirement Pension: Retirement Pension Act, types of pensions (eligibility, purpose, height, calculations, presenting a claim), increasing of retirement pension, additional retirement insurance 4. Social Support: Social Support Act, types and conditions of the individual benefits, the purpose of benefits, height, calculations, presenting a claim, making an application 5. Social services 6. Social Assistance, Special Privileges Allowed for Disabled and Senior Citizens 7. Subsistence Minimum and Living Wage 7. Family Policy: representation of a child, managing the affairs of a child, making a proposal of limiting and deprivation of parental rights, making a proposal for fixing the height of infant's maintenence, the substitute family care procedure, solving model problem situations in a family 8. Refugees in the Czech Republic: their legal position, conditions for granting a refugee status, claims of a refugee, solving model situations 9. Residence of Alience in the Czech Republic, Czech citizenship Literature - Act no. 100/1988 Coll. of Social Security - Act no. 182/1991 Coll. implementing the Social Security Act - Act no. 187/2006 Coll. of Sickness Insurance - Act no. 582/1991 Coll. of Social Security Organization and Implementation - Act no. 155/1995 Coll. of Retirement Insurance - Ministry of Law and Social Affairs Decree no. 284/1995 Coll. - implementation of the Retirement Insurance Act - Act no. 42/1994 Coll., of Additional Retirement Insurance - Act no. 170/1999 Coll., modifying and supplementing the Retirement Insurance Act - Act no. 117/1995 Coll. of State Social Support - Act no. 108/2006 Coll. of Social Services - Decree no. 505/2006 Coll., implementing some State Social Support provisions - Act no. 111/2006 Coll., of Social Assistance - Vyhláška no. 504/2006 Coll., implementing some Social Assistence Act provisions - Act no. 110/2006 Coll. of Subsistence Level and Living Wage - Act no. 325/1999 Coll. of Asylum - Act no. 326/1999 Coll. of the Residence of Alience in the Czech Republic - Act no. 40/1993 Coll. of Acquisition and Losing Czech Citizenship, as amended
Literature
    recommended literature
  • POŘÍZKOVÁ, Hana. Sociální zabezpečení. In Studijní materiál pro poradce pro zaměstnanost. 1. vydání. Brno: DROM, 2008, p. 94-102, 194 pp. ISBN 978-80-254-2156-7. info
  • Sociální zabezpečení :státní sociální podpora, sociální péče, sociální služby, pomoc v hmotné nouzi, životní a existenční minimum, působnost v jednotlivých orgánech : podle stavu k 12.3.2007. Ostrava: Sagit, 2007, 256 s. ISBN 978-80-7208-625-2. info
  • GALVAS, Milan and Zdeňka GREGOROVÁ. Sociální zabezpečení. 2. aktualiz. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2005, 280 pp. (Edice učebnic PrF MU v Brně ; č. 358). ISBN 8021036869. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, study of legal norms, discussion, practising by the means of solving concrete examples from practice, work in small study groups, homework.
Assessment methods
a test (open and multiple-choice questions)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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