Course: Introduction to Law

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Course title Introduction to Law
Course code KSA/KUPR
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šimečková Eva, doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Tesaříková Čermáková Klára, Mgr. Bc.
Course content
Legal issues will be focused on the following subject areas of study: - Legal dualism, public law, private law, selected sources of law in the field of public law. - Public law, basic characteristics of selected branches of public law. - The basics of legal propedeutics in the field of public law, the nature of legal norms and the scope of legal norms. - Constitutional law, sources of legal regulation. Separation of powers, legislative, executive and judicial powers. Constitutional anchoring of local self-government. - Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. - Administrative law, division (general, special, procedural and criminal), definition and characteristics of basic concepts and institutes. - Public administration, its subdivision, legal prerequisites for the exercise of public administration and the legal framework of self-government. The relationship of public administration to the executive, legislative and judicial powers. - Organisation of public administration in the Czech Republic, subjects and executors. Municipalities, regions as public law corporations, exercise of independent and delegated competences. - Basics of civil law. - Basics of criminal law. - Public law and punishment, administrative punishment, misdemeanours and administrative offences, criminal offences, legal prerequisites for imposing sanctions. - Fundamentals of labour law.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
The course belongs to the introductory professional law course, the main aim of which is to introduce the issues in terms of legal terminology and selected institutes in public administration and selected branches of public law, with an emphasis on the branch of constitutional law and the branch of administrative law. The aim is not only a qualified orientation in selected legal issues and relevant sources of law, but also an adequate ability to apply these legal concepts and institutes in dealing with specific legal situations. Particularly from the perspective of the constitutional framework, this subject is one of the core professional subjects, which will be followed by other legal disciplines.
- The student will learn the basic concepts and institutes of law. - The student is able to apply the acquired theoretical knowledge in model examples. - The student is able to interpret and apply legal regulations of the Czech legal system. - The student completing this course acquires basic knowledge in the field of law. The student will thus be able to apply the theoretical knowledge of the legal regulation of this area in practice to concrete cases. After completing the course the graduate will be able to: - present legal knowledge of the content, form and subject matter of law, - be oriented in concepts such as legal norm and its scope (and demonstrate understanding of its internal structure), legal regulation, legal branch, legal order, legal force of legal regulation, hierarchy of legal order, etc, - apply legal concepts and institutes in practice, including procedures relating to the promulgation of legislation, its validity and effectiveness, both for legislation with national scope and at the level of territorial public administration, - characterise the basic concepts and principles of public and private law, - locate a piece of legislation to solve a specific problem, - orientate themselves in the legal system of the Czech Republic.
Prerequisites
The aim of the course is to introduce the basic legal concepts and institutes of legal theory generally applicable to the legal system of the Czech Republic. Completion of the course will provide the student with a basic legal orientation in selected branches of public and private law, in legal dualism. The study of this course will focus on the definition of basic concepts and institutes, systematics and characteristics of selected legal regulations with an emphasis on the application in practice.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Completion of the correspondence assignment given in the tutorial.
Recommended literature
  • Gerloch, Aleš. Teorie práva, 8. vydání. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2021.


Study plans that include the course
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