Course: Financing and and Management of Local Self-governing Units

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Course title Financing and and Management of Local Self-governing Units
Course code VPK/FHÚSC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Řezníčková Kristýna, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Papoušková Zdenka, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Kozieł Michal, Dr. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Melotíková Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Basic terms 2. Legal anchoring, the European Charter of Local Self-Government 3. Budgets: basic principles, general definition 4. State budget. Budget structure. Control of budget management. 5. Budgets of self-governing units 6. Tax revenues of local budgets 7. The property of local governments 8. Property management of local governments 9. Regional policy of EU, Public Private Partnership 10. Subventions, Programme funding. 11.-12. Review of management of the self-governing units Thematic areas of seminars: 1. Basic terms, European Charter of Local Self-Government 2. Budgets, State budget. 3. Budgets of self-governing units 4. Local taxes 5. The property and property management of local governments 6. Review of management of the self-governing units

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
This subject introduces the students in a great detail to the legal regulation of financing and management of local self-governing units in the Czech Republic applied on practical examples. The introduction deals with basic solutions and terms related to the problems of public administration and budgetary law. Then the course continues with the explanation of legal regulation of budgetary management of local self-governing units, analysis of budgetary procedure, its specific phases and main principles. The attention is also drawn to the internal structure of budgets, the income and the costs. Special emphasis is put on the analysis of tax income of the local self-governing units and the adjustment of taxes in the budget. Then the course goes on with the explanation of proprietary problems of the local self-governing units, the definition of terms relating to property and the exercise of proprietary right, other proprietary rights, the performers of proprietary rights (including organizational branches and institutions receiving contributions from the State Budget in municipalities and regions, unions of municipalities). The course also deals with the current conception of the property, its distribution and specifics of management as well as the use of property owned by the local self-governing units. In order to provide the students with complete outline, the review of management of the self-governing units as well as the responsibility in management of property of the self-governing units will also be explained.
Students who have completed this course will gain detailed knowledge of budgetary management of local self-governing units and proprietary problems of municipalities and regions in the Czech Republic.
Prerequisites
Completion of this course is not conditional upon completion of any other course.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam, Written exam

Recommended literature
  • Bakeš, M., Karfíková, M., Kotáb, P., Marková, H. a kol. (2012). Finanční právo, 6. upravené vydání. C. H. Beck, Praha.
  • Havlan, P. a kol. (2014). Majetek územních samosprávných celků v teorii a praxi. 2. přepr. vyd.. Praha: Leges Praha.
  • Havlan, P. (2016). Veřejný majetek. 3.vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
  • Hendrych, D. a kol. (2013). Správní právo. Obecná část. 8. vydání.. C. H. Beck, Praha.
  • Marková, H., Boháč, R. (2007). Rozpočtové právo. C. H. Beck, Praha.
  • Marková, H. (2008). Finanční hospodaření samosprávných celků. PF UK, Praha.
  • Netolický, M. (2008). Rozpočty obcí v naší legislativě. Truibun EU, Brno.
  • Pařízková, I. (2008). Finance územní samosprávy. Brno, MU.
  • Průcha, P. (2011). Místní správa. 1. vydání. MU, Brno.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law in Public Administration (2019) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law in Public Administration (2019) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter