SOC004 Selected problems of Czech Criminal Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Eva Brucknerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. David Čep, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Jaroslav Fenyk, Ph.D., DSc., Univ. Priv. Prof. (lecturer)
JUDr. Milana Hrušáková, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jan Provazník, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Jan Provazník, Ph.D.
Department of Criminal Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Jana Dopitová
Supplier department: Department of Criminal Law – Faculty of Law
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course deals with the selected problems of the Czech criminal law.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to learn basic infromation about the Czech criminal law, both Substantive and Procedural
to understand fundamental principles of Czech criminal law,
to understand the conception of a crime
to be able to administer criminal law provision to criminal cases
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to Czech criminal law. 2. The system of criminal sanctions in the Czech criminal law. 3. Introduction to the Special Part of the Czech Criminal Code. 4. Juvenile Justice in the Czech Republic. 5.Probation and Mediation Service. Diversions in the criminal proceedings. 6.Criminal Law and Protection of Human Rights. 7. Introduction to the Czech criminal procedure – basic principles, stages of criminal proceedings. proceedings. 8. The role and function of Public Prosecutor in the preliminary proceedings. 9. The system of courts, the role and function of the court in the criminal proceedings. 10. Evidence proceedings. 11.Defense in the criminal proceedings. 12. Presentation of semestral paper and test.
Literature
Teaching methods
lectures with discussion
Assessment methods
Lectures are held for a minimum of 5 students. With smaller number of students attending the course, lectures are replaced with tutorials. The examination has a written and an oral part. Examination - credit requirements: 1. Semester paper 2. Written test comprising Yes/No(True/False) or multiple choice questions 3. Presentation of the semester paper
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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