MVV167K Government Law: An Overview of Decision Making and Transparency in American Government

Právnická fakulta
jaro 2015
Rozsah
0/1. 3 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
Alison Perdue Rogers (přednášející), doc. JUDr. Jiří Valdhans, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
doc. JUDr. Jiří Valdhans, Ph.D.
Katedra mezinárodního a evropského práva – Právnická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra mezinárodního a evropského práva – Právnická fakulta
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
MVV167K/01: Po 20. 4. 15:05–16:35 038, St 22. 4. 15:05–16:35 038, 16:40–18:10 038, Po 27. 4. 16:40–18:10 038, 18:15–19:45 038, Út 28. 4. 18:15–19:45 038
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The purpose of this course is to become familiar with the most common concepts encountered in practicing government law in America and to see how the concepts cross all boundaries in American government, being relevant to federal, state and local governments. Government law touches the things that are part of everyone’s daily life, including trash pickup, utilities, emergency response, roads, public safety and the way your community looks. Transparency and accountability are cornerstones of government law that affect the lawyer advising the mayor of the smallest town all the way to the lawyers advising the President of the United States.

At the end of the course, each student should be able to understand and explain the general types of laws put in place to ensure transparency in governmental decision making and work with information on when those laws apply. Further, each student should be able to create fact patterns in which a government official is presented with an ethical dilemma and make reasoned decisions about whether an official has broken general ethical standards. Finally, the student should be able to make deductions based on acquired knowledge related to governmental liability and decision making.
Osnova
  • TOPIC I: The basic structure of government in America
  • A. Federal, state and local government bodies
  • B. Federal and state constitutions
  • C. Separation of Powers: The Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches
  • D. Preemption, both federal and state
  • a. Explicit Preemption
  • b. Implicit Preemption
  • E. Home rule powers
  • TOPIC II: Making Decisions
  • A. Laws and ordinances
  • B. Parliamentary Procedure and Robert’s Rules of Order
  • C. Public Participation
  • D. Strategy and Voting Blocs
  • E. Liability
  • F. Immunity
  • 1. Sovereign Immunity
  • 2. Qualified Immunity
  • 3. Absolute Immunity
  • 4. Legislative Immunity
  • TOPIC III: Open Government and Transparency
  • A. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and public records laws
  • 1. Definition of records
  • 2. Compare to providing information and explanations
  • 3. Exemptions and examples of exemptions
  • 4. Rights of privacy
  • B. Sunshine Law
  • 1. Legislative bodies
  • 2. Matter reasonably likely to come before the body
  • 3. Exemptions
  • 4. Practical challenges
  • 5. Pamphlet from the First Amendment Foundation
  • C. Ethics
  • 1. Codes of Ethics: statutes and policies
  • 2. Commissions on Ethics
  • 3. Gifts, Conflicts of Interest and Financial Disclosures
  • 4. Corruption; examples
  • 5. Criminal charges to combat Corruption: bribery, honest services fraud and Quid Pro Quo
  • D. Television, Internet and Other Media
  • TOPIC IV: Miscellaneous Government Law Issues
  • A. Infrastructure and Services
  • B. Revenue Sources
  • C. Emergency Responses
  • 1. States of Emergency
  • 2. Police Powers
  • D. Government as Employer
  • TOPIC V: Issues of Interest to the Class and Test
Literatura
  • Reading materials will be provided before and during the course.
Výukové metody
lectures, discussions, reading
Metody hodnocení
A multiple choice test
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Instructor:
This course is taught by Alison Perdue Rogers, County Attorney for the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners of Escambia County, Florida. As County Attorney, she is responsible for a staff of twelve (12) who is tasked with providing all legal advice to the Board of County Commissioners, a board of five (5) elected officials who run governmental operations for Escambia County, Florida which is a county of approximately 305,000 people. Mrs. Rogers is a graduate of the University of Florida with a B.A. degree in political science and a minor in history and a J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law. She has practiced law in Florida for more than twenty (20) years, including four (4) years dedicated to criminal defense law and more than fifteen (15) years involved in local government law. She has been certified as a specialist in city, county and local government law by the Florida Bar since 2003 and is currently serving on the board of the Florida Association of County Attorneys (FACA). She lives in Gulf Breeze, Florida with her husband Buddy and dog Zeke.
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