DOTPV_CD45 Czech and Czechoslovak Legal History 1938 - 1945

Faculty of Law
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! DO4DEPR02 History of Czech and Czechoslovak Law 1938-1945
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to gain deeper knowledge about the development of the state and law in the period of the Second Czechoslovak Republic and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Learning outcomes
- To look up and examine current legal historical topics by using scientific methods;
- to evaluate in a timely manner some later legal regulations, including the applicable law, whilst using the knowledge about development of legal institutions;
- to organize and write down the collected data, interpret the results achieved, present the findings and defend them in relevant forum;
- to deepen continually the student’s knowledge of the discipline.
Syllabus
  • The Munich Agreement and its nullity;
  • Constitutional changes and changes in the state apparatus of the Second Czechoslovak Republic;
  • Fascist tendencies in the legal order of the Second CSR;
  • Legal nature of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia;
  • The system of bodies of state in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia;
  • Legal system in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia;
  • Changes in the main branches of law;
  • Exile system of government.
Literature
    required literature
  • MARŠÁLEK, Pavel. Protektorát Čechy a Morava : státoprávní a politické aspekty nacistického okupačního režimu v českých zemích 1939-1945. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2002, 347 s. ISBN 8024603020. info
    recommended literature
  • SCHELLE, Karel, Jaromír TAUCHEN, Karolina ADAMOVÁ and Antonín LOJEK. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Tematická řada. Právo (The Great History of the Czech Lands. Thematic Series. The Law). Praha: Paseka, 2017, 750 pp. ISBN 978-80-7432-749-0. Web nakladatele info
  • TAUCHEN, Jaromír. Práce a její právní regulace v Protektorátu Čechy a Morava (Labor and its Legal Regulation in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945)). Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2016, 480 pp. ISBN 978-80-7552-304-4. URL info
  • Encyklopedie českých právních dějin. Edited by Karel Schelle - Jaromír Tauchen. Vydání první. Ostrava: KEY Publishing, 2015, 971 stran. ISBN 9788074182389. info
  • SCHELLE, Karel, Jaromír TAUCHEN, Karolina ADAMOVÁ and Antonín LOJEK. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Tematická řada. Stát (The Great History of the Czech Lands. Thematic Series. The State). Praha: Paseka, 2015, 652 pp. ISBN 978-80-7432-652-3. URL info
  • SCHELLE, Karel and Jaromír TAUCHEN. Vývoj konstitucionalismu v českých zemích (2. díl) (The Development of Constitutionalism in the Czech Lands (Part 2)). Praha: Linde, 2013, 1476 pp. ISBN 978-80-7201-926-7. info
  • VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Karel SCHELLE, Jaromír TAUCHEN, Pavel SALÁK, Zdeňka KRÁLÍČKOVÁ, Ivana PRŮCHOVÁ, Renata VESELÁ, Radovan DÁVID, Miroslav FRÝDEK, Ivana STARÁ and Martin CEMPÍREK. Vývoj soukromého práva na území českých zemí (I. díl) (The Development of Private Law in the Territory of the Czech Republic (Part I.)). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 616 pp. Spisy PrF MU č. 426 (řada teoretická). ISBN 978-80-210-6006-7. info
  • VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Jaromír TAUCHEN, Karel MAREK and Lenka DOUBRAVOVÁ. Vývoj soukromého práva na území českých zemí (II. díl) (The Development of Private Law in the Territory of the Czech Republic (Part II.)). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 411 pp. Spisy PrF MU č. 427 (řada teoretická). ISBN 978-80-210-6007-4. info
  • SCHELLE, Karel, Monika HORÁKOVÁ, Pavel SALÁK and Jaromír TAUCHEN. Protektorát Čechy a Morava - jedna z nejtragičtějších kapitol českých novodobých dějin (vybrané problémy). (Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia - One of the Tragically Chapter of the Czech Modern History). 1st ed. Brno: The European Society for History of Law, 2010, 139 pp. Právní historie. ISBN 978-80-904522-0-6. info
  • GEBHART, Jan and Jan KUKLÍK. Druhá republika 1938-1939 : svár demokracie a totality v politickém, společenském a kulturním životě. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2004, 315 s. ISBN 8071856266. info
  • GEBHART, Jan and Jan KUKLÍK. Dramatické i všední dny protektorátu. 1. vyd. Praha: Themis, 1996, 284 s. info
Teaching methods
As a teaching method, there is an individual study of assigned expert literature and eventually individual expert consultations with lecturers.
Assessment methods
Credits by reaching the given degree of knowledge and by active attendance at consultations.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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