PrF:MV702K Electoral Law - Course Information
MV702K Electoral Law
Faculty of LawAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Pavel Molek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. JUDr. Jan Filip, CSc.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Andrea Kalivodová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law - Timetable
- Mon 23. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Monday 16:00–17:40 140
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites
- Fulfillment of the credit requirement for the course MP213Z Constitutional Law I
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 25/25, only registered: 20/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 19/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Course objectives
- Election law introduces students in basic concepts and notions as elections, election law and electoral systems and forms of democracy (direct, semi-direct, representative). That all on the basis of an analyse of key judgment of the Constitutional Court, administrative courts and the European Court of Human Rights. At the and of the course student should be able to understand the main issues of electoral engineering and to prepare the usual submission and complaints in the field of election law.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon completion of the course, students will have a thorough grasp of the theory of electoral law and electoral systems, constitutional arrangements, electoral laws and case law. They will become familiar with problems of interpretation of electoral legislavite and case law in the field of electoral law (regional courts, the Supreme Administrative Court, the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights)
- Syllabus
- Syllabus (general overview): Constitutional law, elections, parliamentarism and the Parliament in the Czech Republic. Free and democratic elections. Functions. Classification. Electoral systems. Plurality, majority and PR. Electoral systems for particular election in the CR. Monitoring and observation of election (methods, international standards). Principles of electoral law. Electoral process. Judicial review of elections. Judicial review in the field of election law.
- Literature
- required literature
- OROSZ, Ladislav, Pavel MOLEK, Vojtěch ŠIMÍČEK and Ján SVÁK. Volebné právo a súdny prieskum volieb v Českej republike a Slovenskej republike (Electoral Law and Judicial Review of Elections in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic). První. Bratislava: C.H.Beck, 2016, 472 pp. Beckova edícia právne inštitúty. ISBN 978-80-89603-41-1. info
- recommended literature
- HUSSEINI, Faisal, Michal BARTOŇ, Marian KOKEŠ, Martin KOPA, Jakub CAMRDA, David HEJČ, Lukáš HLOUCH, Michal MATOUŠ, Ondřej MORAVEC, Lucie NECHVÁTALOVÁ, Jiří NOVÁK, Lenka PEKAŘOVÁ, Filip RIGEL, Maxim TOMOSZEK, Veronika TOMOSZKOVÁ, Vojtěch VOMÁČKA and Štěpán VÝBORNÝ. Listina základních práv a svobod. Komentář. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2020, 1413 pp. Beckova edice komentované zákony. ISBN 978-80-7400-812-2. info
- CHYTILEK, Roman, Jakub ŠEDO, Tomáš LEBEDA and Dalibor ČALOUD. Volební systémy (Electoral Systems). 2. rozšířené. Praha: Portál, 2009, 376 pp. Politologie. ISBN 978-80-7367-548-6. info
- FILIP, Jan, Pavel HOLLÄNDER and Vojtěch ŠIMÍČEK. Zákon o Ústavním soudu : komentář. (Constitutional Court Act : commentary). 2nd ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2007, 896 pp. Beckova edice Komentované zákony. ISBN 978-80-7179-599-5. info
- KREJČÍ, Oskar. Nová kniha o volbách. 1. vyd. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2006, 481 s. ISBN 8086946010. info
- MOLEK, Pavel and Vojtěch ŠIMÍČEK. Soudní přezkum voleb. Praha: Linde, 2006, 331 s. ISBN 8072016393. info
- FILIP, Jan. Základní otázky volebního práva (Fundamental problems of electoral law). In Volby v demokracii : soubor přednášek. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav [Masarykova univerzita], 1995, p. 17-36. ISBN 80-210-0406-1. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures based on the active student’s participation, working with relevant cases
- Assessment methods
- Written analyze of selected theoretical issues and judicial case for each seminar with ongoing evaluation and oral colloquium
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Teacher's information
- Additional literature, case law, legislation, draft laws and lecture materials will be added to the course materials in the IS.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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