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Lecturer(s)
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Fiala Vlastimil, doc. PhDr. CSc.
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Jirásek Jiří, doc. JUDr. CSc.
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Filipec Ondřej, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction, organization of teaching, topics of seminars 2. Constitutional and political system of Czechoslovakia until 1948 3. Constitutional and political development of communist Czechoslovakia between 1948 and 1989 4. The transition to democracy and the disintegration of the Czechoslovak federation, the establishment of the Constitution of the Czech Republic and its amendments 5. The division and dissolution of the Czechoslovak Republic, the establishment of the Czech Republic 6. Constitutional and political development of the Czech Republic (1993 - 2020) 7. Parliament of the Czech Republic, its constitutional position in the political system, legislative process in the Czech Republic 8. Executive power, constitutional powers of the President, Prime Minister, government and political practice, state administration 9. Judicial power and structure of judicial institutions, Constitutional Court, Ombudsman 10. Institutionalization of political parties, law on political parties, constitutional jurisprudence on political parties 11. Institutionalization of the party system in the Czech Republic 12. Elections and the electoral system of the Czech Republic and rulings of the Constitutional Court.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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Learning outcomes
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The main aim of the course is to deepen and broaden students' theoretical knowledge of the constitutional and political system of the Czech Republic. The lectures will focus first on the constitutional and political development of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic from 1918 to the present, with special lectures on the nature of the First and Second Republics, the communist system, the transition to democracy, and the dissolution of the Czechoslovak Republic. Subsequently, attention will be paid to the institutional components of the constitutional and political system of the Czech Republic, especially the institutions of the executive and legislative powers in the light of the Constitution of the Czech Republic and the rulings of the Constitutional Court concerning the functioning of the Czech political system (political parties, electoral system, competence disputes, etc.). The course will then focus on political parties, the party and electoral system The main objective of the course is for students to gain a deep knowledge of the legal and political development of the Czechoslovak and Czech Republic, the fundamentals of constitutionalism, the political and party system and the electoral system, and to understand the traditions and logic of the functioning of this system.
Students who have completed this course will gain the knowledge necessary to understand the features of law.
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Prerequisites
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The completion of this course is not conditioned upon completion of any other courses.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Student performance, Seminar Work, Written exam
In order to obtain credit in the winter semester, the student must submit a seminar paper of approximately 8-10 pages with scientific apparatus and literature used, which is a condition for participation in the final test. The topics of the seminar paper are arbitrary, but all of them must be related to the political system of the Czech Republic (after 1993) and must correspond to the focus of the course. The final test will test students' knowledge of the lectures, seminars and required readings.
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Recommended literature
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Balík, S. a kol. (2007). Politický systém českých zemí 1848-1989. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
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Cabada, L. - Vodička, K. (2011). Politický systém České republiky. Praha.
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Fiala, V. (2020). Ústava ve stínu politiky. Politické a právní aspekty prezidentského ústavního inženýrství (na příkladu východní Afriky).. Olomouc, Iuridicum Olomoucense, o.p.s., zejména s. 16-39.
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Gerloch, A., Hřebejk, J., Zoubek, V. (1999). Ústavní systém České republiky.. Praha.
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Chytílek, Lebeda, T. a kol. (2009). Volební systémy. Praha: Portál.
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Jirásek, J. a kol. (2013). Ústavní základy organizace státu. Praha.
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Jirásek, Jiří (ed.). (2012). Ústava ve stínu politiky?. Olomouc: Iuridicum Olomoucense, o.p.s.
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Kysela, Jan - Kokeš, Marián. (2017). Zákon o sdružování v politických stranách a politických hnutí. Praha: Wolters Kluwer.
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Kysela, Jan. (2014). Ústava mezi právem a politikou. Úvod do ústavní teorie. Praha: Leges.
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Lorenz, Astrid - Formánková, Hana. (2019). Politický systém Česka. Brno: CDK.
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Malíř, J - Marek, P. (2005). Politické strany. Vývoj politických stran a hnutí v českých zemích a na Slovensku, 1861-2004.. Brno: Doplněk.
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Pšeja, Pavel. (2005). Stranický systém České republiky. Brno, ISPO.
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Rychetský, P. a kol. (2015). Ústava České republiky. Zákon o bezpečnosti České republiky. Komentář. Praha: Wolters Kluwer.
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Šutka, P. (2016). Zákon o volbě prezidenta republiky-přednosti a nedostatky ve srovnání s úpravami států EU. Praha.
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