B_TPA Criminal Aspects of Public Administration Operation

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Jan Chmelík, Ph.D.
Department of Law – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Tereza Švestáková
Prerequisites
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course B_TePr.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
At the end of this course the student will be able to understand and explain the criminal law aspects of public administration. The student will get a comprehensive overview of the responsibilities associated with the performance of public administration. Studen will be able to distinguish between private, labor, legal and criminal law responsibilities. It is able to specify the bodies and the executors of the public administration, the officials and the relationship of officials and public administration bodies as employers of official persons. Criminal-law aspects are introduced above all in the section dealing with the criminal liability of officials in the exercise of public authority, and the responsibility of others against the order in public affairs, where students are introduced a system and individual types of punishments under criminal law. At the same time, the student will understand the principles of criminal proceedings and will be able to distinguish sanctions of administrative and criminal penalties, and the different differences in terms of imposing and executing these sanctions.
Learning outcomes
Basic theoretical knowledge, orientation in problems and context of monitored topics. At the same time, the practical skills and skills of applying the acquired knowledge in a real environment of professional activities. The learning outcomes are the support and development of the profile of the educated practitioner.
Syllabus
  • 1581/5000 1. Introduction to the study and basic concepts; public administration (concept, subject, characteristics). Constitutional limits and basic principles of public administration. 2. Concept and general principles of liability (distinction and principles of private, labor law, administrative law and criminal law). Legislation. 3. Entities and executors of the public administration, officials. Relation between officials and public administration bodies. Employment of local government officials, service ratio. Legal regulation.4. General liability for damage caused by the exercise of public authority by decision or by maladministration. 5. Criminal liability, legal regulations, principles. Criminal offense, offense, guilt, intent, negligence, unlawful circumstances, concurrence of criminal offenses. 6. Criminal liability of officials in the exercise of public authority (liability of officials). 7. Liability of others against order in public affairs. 8. System and types of sentences. 9. Criminal offenses related to the performance of public administration: crimes against freedom and human dignity; criminal offenses against public order; offenses of officials; bribery; other public order interference. 10. Principles of criminal proceedings, legal regulations and principles of criminal proceedings. Entities of criminal proceedings and their position in criminal proceedings. 11. Stages of criminal proceedings and the course of criminal proceedings: preparatory proceedings, main appeals, ordinary and extraordinary remedies, deviations in criminal proceedings. 12. Comparison of administrative and criminal law sanctions. Specifics and differences in the conditions of their storage and performance.
Literature
    required literature
  • CHMELÍk Jan; BRUNA, Eduard. Hospodářská a ekonomická trestná činnost.EUPRES: VŠFS, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7408-109-5.
  • Chmelík, J., Novotný, F., Stočesová, S.: Trestní právo hmotné. Obecná část. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2016, ISBN 978-80-7380-583-8.
  • Chmelík, J., a kol.: Trestní řízení. Aleš Čeněk, Plzeň, 2014, ISBN 978-80-7380-488-6
  • JELÍNEK, Jiří.; HERCZEG, Jiří. Zákon o trestní odpovědnosti právnických osob: komentář s judikaturou. Praha: Leges, 2013.
    recommended literature
  • ŘÍHA, Jiří. Tabulky a schémata z obecné části trestního práva hmotného. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2012.
  • JELÍNEK, Jiří. a kol. Trestní odpovědnost právnických osob v České republice - bilance a perspektivy. Praha: Leges, 2013.
  • Chmelík, J., a kol.: Trestní právo hmotné. Zvláštní část. LINDE, Praha 2010. ISBN 978-80-7201-820-8
  • ŠÁMAL, Pavel. a kol. Trestní řád. Komentář. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2013. ISBN: 978-80-7400-465-0
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
Course is successfully completed credit. Criterion for the granting of credit is at the written test, which consists of thirty questions (minimum 50% points).
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 Winter 2007, Summer 2008, Winter 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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