MVV74K The California Prison System Reform (Case Study)

Právnická fakulta
jaro 2011
Rozsah
1/0. 3 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
Thomas Clifton (přednášející), prof. JUDr. Věra Kalvodová, Dr. (zástupce)
Garance
prof. JUDr. Věra Kalvodová, Dr.
Katedra trestního práva – Právnická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Hana Brzobohatá
Rozvrh
Út 5. 4. 13:30–15:00 133, St 6. 4. 16:40–18:10 133, Čt 7. 4. 9:35–11:05 133, Po 11. 4. 15:05–16:35 025, Út 12. 4. 16:40–18:10 025, St 13. 4. 18:15–19:45 209
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.

Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 35 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/35, pouze zareg.: 0/35
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
Na konci tohoto kursu bude student schopen: porozumět fungování kalifornského vězeňského systému; pochopit podstatu reformy kalifornského vězeňského systému.
Osnova
  • The course will examine the history of a 10 year long lawsuit in the courts of the State of California, as it was litigated in the trial court, appellate courts, and private arbitration arenas. The background to this case was a referendum vote by the taxpayers of California to reform their state prison system, allowing private employers to set up businesses within prisons and requiring prisoners to pay back out of their wages some of the cost of their room and food, to pay restitution to their victims, and to set money aside for their return to society. The key legal dispute was the standard of pay but also involved were the rights of taxpayers to sue the State forcing it to require more pay for prisoners and thus more reimbursement for room and food, and the right of their private lawyers to millions of dollars in legal fees for these efforts. The course will examine the “referendum” process in California, the way in which voters can directly make the law; the powers of the trial courts to direct and oversee the State’s operation of the prison system; the liability of the State for the outcome of the litigation, as determined in a private but binding arbitration; the intervention of the appellate court on four separate occasions; an intervention by the Supreme Court of the State of California; and the liability of the State for millions of dollars in legal fees allegedly earned by private lawyers related to this litigation. To give the students direct experience of what an American lawyer does in court, they will have an opportunity during this two week course to argue, as if in an American court, the constitutionality of a state law designed to prevent cyber bullying of students through Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, or other forms of social media. Alternatively, they will have the opportunity to examine or cross examine a witness as an American lawyer would at trial. These will be short exercises based upon a few case law handouts or witness statements.
Literatura
  • case studies
Výukové metody
lecture, class discussion
Metody hodnocení
written assignment
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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