Course: Confessional and Ecclesiastical Law

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Course title Confessional and Ecclesiastical Law
Course code KCP/DTKCP
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction eLearning
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Němec Damián, prof. dr
Course content
- Catholic penal law. - Procedural law of the Catholic Church. - Matrimonial procedural law. - Historical and contemporary models of church-state relations. - Sources of Czech religion law. - Fundamentals of concordat law. - Sources of Czech religion law. - Registration of churches and religious societies and their associations. - Registration of legal entities of churches and religious societies. - Conscientious objections. - Service in public institutions. Church medical and social institutions. - Marriage and family. - Education. - Media. The student organizes his/her studies based on the study materials and instructions in the LMS; he/she participates in tutorials and completes short tests.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Group work, Analyzing and producing audiovisual content
Learning outcomes
Orientation in the fundamental types of legal solutions in the Czech Republic with respect to the Euro-American tradition.
Detailed orientation in the canon law of the Catholic Church and in Czech state law concerning the life and activities of churches and religious societies (in Czech religion law). Basic comparison with post-communist countries.
Prerequisites
No special prerequisites are required to study the course.

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog, Written exam

An oral colloquium at the end of the semester will test whether the student is able to discuss the topics covered with understanding, interpret historical approaches appropriately, and reflect independently on such open-ended issues. The assessment of the colloquium will also take into account the score of the LMS midterm tests.
Recommended literature
  • (1994). Kodex kanonického práva. Úřední znění textu a překlad do češtiny. Praha : Zvon.
  • Jiří Rajmund Tretera, Záboj Horák. (2021). Církevní právo 2. vyd. Praha: Leges.
  • Tretera, J. R., & Horák, Z. Konfesní právo.
  • Tretera, Jiří Rajmund. (2002). Stát a církve v České republice. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství.


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