Course: Legal History of the Czech Lands

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Course title Legal History of the Czech Lands
Course code KTP/NPDČZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Bílý Jiří, doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lecture Topics: 1. Creation of Legal History as a scientific discipline, enlightment legal science, Legal History in the Czech Law Faculty 2.The development of Czech Legal History in the 20th century, the school of Legal History, legal historiography between the wars, methodological fundamentals of Legal History, the review and typology of sources, interdisciplinary cooperation 3.Corona Regni Bohemiae and the changes of government models 4.Legal particularism and the character of law in the middle-ages and early modern ages 5.Provincial and municipal law 6.Creation of modern law and the legal development from Enlightment to 20th century 7. The fundamentals of modern organization and administration 8. Forming of national identity and the state requirements of the 19th century 9. Creation of Czechoslovakia and the state development during the First Republic 10.The fall of democracy and constitutionalism; tools of communist dictatorship 11.Criminal law 12.The relation between the State and the Church Seminar Topics: 1. The oldest state forms in the territory of the Czech Lands. 2. Corona Regni Bohemiae 3. Provincial and municipal law 4. Creation of national identity 5. The fundamentals of modern organization of administration and judiciary 6. State development of the Czechoslovak Republic

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
This subject introduces the students to the historiographical and methodological fundamentals of the Czech legal history. The attention will be focused on the closely connected problems of the Czech state and the statehood in the Central European context, the problems of sources of law and the basic differences between the old law and its modern interpretation (since the end of 18th century).
The students who have completed this course will gain the knowledge necessary for correct understanding of the development of the Czech legal order.
Prerequisites
Completion of this subject is not conditional upon completion of another subject.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

In order to get the credit it is essential that the students attend the seminars in the scope set by the seminar leader. They must pass the final written examination.
Recommended literature
  • Bílý, J. (2003). Právní dějiny na území České republiky. Linde, Praha.
  • Janák, J., Hledíková, Z. (1989). Dějiny správy v českých zemích do roku 1945. Praha.
  • Jech, K., Kaplan, K. (1995). Dekrety prezidenta republiky 1940 - 1945. Dokumenty, díl. I. a II.. Brno: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR v nakladatelství Doplněk.
  • Vaněček, V. (1974). Dějiny státu a práva v Československu do roku 1945. Praha.
  • Veselý, K. (1994). Dějiny českého státu vdokumentech. Praha.


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 (2010) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter