| Course title | Introduction to International and European Law |
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| Course code | KHI/IIEL |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter |
| Number of ECTS credits | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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Introduction to International and European Law 1. Introduction to legal terminology. General presentation of international and European law. 2. Diplomatic Law diplomatic staff, diplomatic premises, diplomatic privelegies and immunities, diplomatic protocole. 3. Consular law classes of consulates, consular officers, honorary consuls, consular functions. 4. International Law of International organizations. Creation, role, functionning. 5. Use of force and international humanitarian law. 6. International human rights law - general presentation, core human rights treaties, internatinal human rights bodies. 7. European system of human rights protection European Convention of human rights, basic principles and case law 8. European Court of Human Rights criteria of admissibility (workshop) 9. Legal construction of European Union history, European Institutions role and functionning 10. Nature of EU law supremacy and supranationality, relationship between EU law and member states´ municipal laws 11. Internal market free movement of persons, capital, services and goods, main features 12. European citizenship and European asylum law Literature: - Recommended: James Crawfard. Brownlie´s Principles of Public International Law. Oxford University Press, 2012. - Recommended: David Harries. Cases and Materials on Public International Law. Sweet Maxwell, 2010. - Recommended: Shaw, M. International Law. Cambridge, 2008. - Recommended: Bureš, Pavel. Introduction to Public International Law. 2013. - Recommended: Faix, Martin. Law of International Organizations. VUP, 2012. - Recommended: STEHLÍK, V., HAMUĽÁK, O. Legal issues of EU Internal Market: Understanding the Four Freedoms, Olomouc: UP Olomouc, 2013. 248 s. - Recommended: STEHLÍK, V., HAMUĽÁK, O. European Union constitutional law : revealing the complex constitutional system of the European Union. Olomouc: UP Olomouc, 2013. 204 s.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Observation, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
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| Learning outcomes |
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The course Introduction to International and European Law aims to at general presentation of international and European law separately and in their simultaneous interconnections. Public International law is an autonomous system that regulates relations between subjects of international community. Main institutions and core fields will be presented. Attention will be payed also to cornerstones of legal construction of the European Union, European integration, institution of EU, rules of the internal market and common European migration policy. The course has a clear legal accent with necessary political overlaps.
Student will gain basic knowledge of international and European law. |
| Prerequisites |
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Knowledge within the scope compulsory subjects that precede this subject in the study plan.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Mark, Essay, Seminar Work
Presentation. The course is concluded by an exam in written form. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (2019) | Category: History courses | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (2019) | Category: History courses | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA25) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA23) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA22) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (2019) | Category: History courses | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2023) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA24) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA24) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA23) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA25) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2023_N24) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA22) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |