Course: Law of Succession

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Course title Law of Succession
Course code SPK/MDP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bednář Václav, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Talanda Adam, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Hamuľáková Klára, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Basic terms and principles of succession law. 2. Acquisition in case of death, the general treatment of testament. 3. Succession by contract, legat. 4. Intestate succession, limitation on freedom of testation 5. Disinheritance and freedom heirs receive inheritance 6. The transition of the estate.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
This course will provide students with the topic of the law of succession including its procedural features. Students will get the information on elementary institutions, historical evolution and some possibilities of the future developments of this of this branch of law. Work with the relevant case-law on related issues is inextricable part of this course. The subject innovation has been supported by the project Support of Interdisciplinary studies and Study Programmes Innovations at Palacký University in Olomouc, CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0091.
Students who have completed this course will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to understand the features of law of succession. It will widen their knowledge of general civil law.
Prerequisites
Students who want to complete this course must first successfully complete the Introduction to the Private Law 1 and 2.
SPK/MOSP1 and SPK/MOSP2

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam

It is essential that those students who would like to get the credit must have attendance within the scope set by the seminar teacher and they also must succeed in the exam.
Recommended literature
  • Bednář, V. (2011). Testamentární dědická posloupnost. A. Čeněk, Plzeň.
  • FIALA, R., DRÁPAL, L. (2015). Občanský zákoník: komentář IV, Dědické právo (§ 1475 až 1720). 1. vydání. Praha: C. H. Beck.
  • SVOBODA, J., KLIČKA, O. (2014). Dědické právo v praxi. Vyd. 1.. V Praze : C.H. Beck.


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 (2024) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2019) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer