B_CPD Czech Legal History

University of Finance and Administration
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Marek Starý, Ph.D.
Faculty of Law and Administration – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Franců
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the political history on Secondary school level.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of this propedeutic course is to explain the evolution of law on the territory of Czech state and its logic. On the basis of lecturs student understands the relation between the functioning of law and social conditions. He is knowledgeable in the progressive development of nowadays legal institutes as well. He is well informed about the basic outline of the organisation of institutions of public power in particular historical periods. During enforcing the positive law he is able to apply the principle of historical interpretation.
Learning outcomes
Basic theoretical knowledge, orientation in problems and context of monitored topics in the extent required to pass the credit test and the oral exam successfully.
Syllabus
  • 1. Formation of the Czech state and its organisation in the middle ages.
  • 2. Early modern administration and justice.
  • 3. Austrian and Austro-Hungarian monarchy and its development.
  • 4. The Czechoslovac state - origins and changes in its organisation till today.
  • 5. The beginning of law and its shep in early and high feudal period.
  • 6. The law in estates´ state and its changes after the battle on the White Mountain.
  • 7. The evolution of the constitutional law in the years 1848-1939.
  • 8. Austrian civil code (ABGB); its content and further changes.
  • 9. The evolution of the criminal law from the 18. till 20. century.
  • 10. Commercial and trade law in Austria and Czchoslovakia.
  • 11. The Presidential Decrees and their place in Czech legal system.
  • 12. Characteristic features and institutes of law in the years 1948-1989.
Literature
    required literature
  • Malý, K. a kol.: Dějiny českého a československého práva do roku 1945. Praha: Leges, 2010
  • Pejskarová, A.: České a československé právní dějiny. Pracovní sešit. Praha: Všehrd, 2016.
    recommended literature
  • Marečková, M.: České právní a ústavní dějiny. Stručný přehled a dokumenty, Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2006, s. 15-98
  • Adamová, K., Soukup, L.: Prameny k dějinám práva v českých zemích. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2004.
  • Jánošíková, P., Knoll, V., Rundová, A.: Mezníky českých právních dějin. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2010
  • Vojáček, L., Schelle, K., Knoll, V.: České právní dějiny. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2008.
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  • http://knihovna.vsfs.cz/info/volne_eiz.html
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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 an exam. Credit is a written test, verifying knowledge of basic factography. It consists form questions, which are partly open, partly with offered answers (the only one is correct). The list of topics to the verbal exam will be published on the web (materials to study).
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2009, Winter 2011, summer 2012, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2021.
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