VSFS:B_UPr Constitutional Law - Course Information
B_UPr Constitutional Law
University of Finance and AdministrationWinter 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- JUDr. Mgr. Petr Blažek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Petr Čechák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- JUDr. Petr Čechák, Ph.D.
Department of Law – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Hana Víchová - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- B_UPr/cVMO: Tue 15:45–16:29 M25, P. Čechák
B_UPr/cVPH: each odd Monday 16:30–17:15 E125, each odd Monday 17:30–18:14 E125, P. Blažek
B_UPr/pVMO: Tue 10:30–11:14 M24, Tue 11:15–12:00 M24, P. Čechák
B_UPr/pVPH: each odd Monday 18:15–19:00 E125, each odd Monday 19:15–19:59 E125 and each even Monday 17:30–18:14 E125, each even Monday 18:15–19:00 E125, P. Blažek
B_UPr/vVMO: Fri 24. 10. 13:45–15:15 M15, 15:30–17:00 M15, Sat 8. 11. 11:30–13:00 M15, 14:00–15:30 M15, Sat 22. 11. 11:30–13:00 M15, 14:00–15:30 M15, P. Čechák
B_UPr/vVPH: Sat 25. 10. 14:00–15:30 E227, Fri 7. 11. 15:30–17:00 E227, Fri 21. 11. 15:30–17:00 E227, 17:15–18:45 E227, Fri 5. 12. 15:30–17:00 E227, 17:15–18:45 E227, P. Čechák - Prerequisites
- B_TePr Law Theory
Completion of the course Theory of Law (B_TePR) - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- Course is designed to provide students with basic knowledge of theory of state, constitutional development in the territory of today's Czech Republicand the valid constitutional law of the Czech Republic. After completing this course, students should be given the knowledge of the Czech constitutional system, the position of his constitutional powers and authorities of the Czech Republic and also of limits of public authority exercising that result from the constitutional order of the Czech Republic. In the field of theory of state students will be able to explain basic concepts and relationships amongst particular bodies of state power, including a comparison of constitutional institutions and patterns of functioning of constitutional law in selected European countries and in the USA.
- Syllabus
- 1) The concept of state and its basic features
- 2) State governed by law, forms of state, political systems and regimes
- 3) Constitutionalism: function and types of constitutions, constitutional development on territory of current Czech republic 1848-1993
- 4) Constitutional order of Czech republic, structure of constitutution of Czech republic
- 5) Election law and system in Czech republic
- 6) Legislative power: function and structure of Parliament of Czech republic, legislative procedure
- 7) President of the Republic: status, election and powers
- 8) Government and central bodies of state administration
- 9) Judicial power: judicial system and pronciples of its functioning, Constitutional court of Czech republic and its powers
- 10) The Czech National Bank, the Supreme Control Office and Public Defender of Rights
- 11) Constitutional foundations of self-government
- 12) Content and structure of Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms
- Literature
- required literature
- PAVLÍČEK, Václav. Ústavní právo a státověda. II. díl, Linde Praha 2011, ISBN: 978-80-87212-90-5
- PAVLÍČEK, Václav. Ústavní právo a státověda. Linde Praha. Praha, 1998. info
- recommended literature
- BLAŽEK, Petr. Základy práva: teorie práva a základy ústavního práva České republiky. 3. vyd. Praha: Vysoká škola finanční a správní, 2012. 123 s. ISBN 978-80-7408-068-5. (kapitola 11. - 15.)
- KLÍMA, Karel a kol. Komentář k Ústavě a k Listině, Aleš Čeněk Plzeň, 2009
- JIRÁSEK, Jiří. Ústavní základy organizace státu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Leges, 2013, 368 s. ISBN 978-80-87576-57-1.
- GERLOCH, A., J. HŘEBEJK and V. ZOUBEK. Ústavní systém České republiky. Praha, 2004. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and seminars in full-time study; tutorials in part-time study; compulsory seminar participation is 75% in full-time study, compulsory tutorial participation is 50% in part-time study.
- Assessment methods
- The course is completed with a credit and verbal exam. Credit is granted in full-time study for active participation in seminars (presentations, engage in discussion) and in part-time study for handling the essay on the topic agreed with the teacher. During the oral exam, students will be asked two or three questions. All questions must be answered by the student successfully. At least one question must relate to the current constitutional law of the Czech Republic, and at least one question must relate to the theory of state or constitutional development.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2014, recent)
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