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Lecturer(s)
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Janderová Jana, JUDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Public Law - General Characteristics Democracy, Rule of Law Interantional Treaties on Human Rights protection - sources Human Rights and Freedoms - Classification, Sources Human Dignity, Protection of Property Political Rights Fair Trial Economic, social and cultural rights Judicial Review
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
- Contact teaching
- 39 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 45 hours per semester
- Independent critical reading
- 40 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the meaning, principles and division of public law and provide them with the basics of each branch of public law with an emphasis on constitutional law and protection of human rights.
Any student who has successfully completed the course can: explain the difference in the fundamental principles applicable to private law and public law; compare individual forms of state systems and to explain the basic features of a sovereign state; describe the basic features of a democratic state based on the rule of law principle, explain the general principles of organization of state power in democratic countries, characterize legislative, executive and judicial power, including interactions between them, classify fundamental human rights and generalize the principles applicable to the protection of fundamental human rights; enumerate the categories of human rights and the individual human rights guaranteed by European Convention on Human Rights; explain the main features of judicial review both by administrative and constitutional courts, characterize European Union and its institutions, describe the basic principles of EU law. Any student who has successfully completed the course is capable of: distinguishing between public and private law, recognizing the fundamental violation of the principles of a democratic rule of law, work with the European Convention on Human Rights; clear interpretation of a simple judgment of the European Court of Human Rights concerning human rights breach. Any student who has successfully completed the course is able to: include human rights dimension in problem solving; communicate in a clear and convincing way to professionals and lay people information on the nature of professional issues and their own opinion on solution thereof.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Didactic test, Discussion
A credit will be granted on the basis of presentations and attendance on seminars. The exam will have a form of a written test.
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Recommended literature
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European Convention on Human Rights.
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
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Selected case law of the European Court of Human Rights - anounced to the students at the beginning of the semester.
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The Constitution of the Czech Republic (Const. Act No. 1/1993 Coll.).
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The?Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms (Const. Act No. 2/1993 Coll.).
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KUKLÍK, J. Czech Law in Historical Context.. Charles University in Prague., 2015.
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Sabino Cassese. The Max Planck Handbooks in European Public Law. Volume I: The Administrative State.. Oxford University press., 2017.
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STIRN, B. Towards a European Public Law.. Oxford University press., 2017.
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WEBLEY, L., SAMUALS, H. Complete Public Law. Text, Cases and Materials.. Oxford University press., 2015.
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