MV854K Legal Clinic on Discrimination and Equal Treatment I

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2012
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)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Petr Polák
Institute of Legal Skills and Innovation of Studies – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Bc. Martin Pěnčík
Supplier department: Institute of Legal Skills and Innovation of Studies – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MV854K/01: Mon 1. 10. to Fri 21. 12. each odd Tuesday 16:40–18:10 055, 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. 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
  • Opening lesson; Introduction to the theory of equality; EU anti-discrimination law; Czech equality and anti-discrimination law; Case law of CJEU concerning discrimination; Case law of ECHR concerning discrimination; The Public Defender of Rights as the Equality Body.
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
  • FREDMAN, Sandra. Antidiskriminační právo. Translated by Tereza Kodíčková. Praha: Multikulturní centrum Praha, 2007, xxvi, 209. ISBN 9788025410547. info
  • BOUDA, Petr. Nepřímá diskriminace. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 274 s. ISBN 9788021056794. URL info
  • 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 (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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