MV901K Legal Clinic on Discrimination and Equal Treatment II

Faculty of Law
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Petr Polák (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Jana Kvasnicová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Ondrůjová (assistant)
Mgr. Jiří Šamánek (assistant)
Mgr. Bc. Lucie Obrovská, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Olga Rosenkranzová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Petr Polák
Department of Labour Law and Social Security Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Bc. Martin Pěnčík
Supplier department: Department of Labour Law and Social Security Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MV901K/01: Mon 25. 2. to Fri 17. 5. each even Tuesday 16:40–18:10 055, J. Kvasnicová, P. Polák
Prerequisites
Real interest in the specific issue of the subject, inventive cognition skills, high level of analytic skills, good knowledge of English or German is advantage. Letter of motivation required. Dedline for call for leatters of motivation is 11. Feb. 2011. Please sent the leatter of motivation to 61091@is.muni.cz The successed candidates will be informed 15. Feb. 2011. The seminary will be helt at The Office of the Public Defender of Rights, Udolni 39 Street, Brno
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 8 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/8, only registered: 0/8
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The programme includes comprehensive information on equal treatment and prohibition of discrimination in the Czech national law and EU law from both, practical and theoretical point of view. It is realised in cooperation with the Office of the Public Defender of Rights. The particular lessons are tough by employees of this Office or by its external experts. After acquitting of essential theoretical information, practice of knowledge in the form of solution of model situations is the significant part of the programme. Hereinafter, the programme includes solution of particular cases in which the discrimination is argued by the claimants under supervision of lawyers from Department of Equal Treatment of the Office of the Public Defender of Rights. At the end of the course, students will be able to apply general theoretical basis including relevant case-law in practice.
Syllabus
  • 1. Opening lesson. The Public Defender of Rights as the Equality Body.
  • 2. Equal access to the education in the Czech Republic. Inclusive education.
  • 3. Gender as a prohibited ground of discrimination. Introduction to the feminist legal theory.
  • 4. Equal access to the employment, equal access to providing goods and services in practice of the Public Defender of Rights.
  • 5. The right to the reserved parking for the persons with disabilities.
  • 6. Equal access to the housing, social housing.
Literature
    required literature
  • Rovnost a diskriminace. Edited by Michal Bobek - Pavla Boučková - Zdeněk Kühn. Vyd. 1. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2007, xlviii, 47. ISBN 9788071795841. info
  • Antidiskriminační zákon : komentář. Edited by Pavla Boučková. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2010, xiv, 405. ISBN 9788074003158. info
    recommended literature
  • ELLIS, Evelyn. EU anti-discrimination law. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, lxviii, 40. ISBN 9780199266838. info
Teaching methods
Interactive teaching methods with using of principles of team work and analytic techniques. Training of acquired knowledge by presenting of solutions of model situations and practical examples.
Assessment methods
Solution of model situations, during colloquium presentation of solution of provided problem in individual performance by usány of acquired knowledge.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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