Course: Introduction to Law

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Course title Introduction to Law
Course code USSV/AUDP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šmíd Martin, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Law, sources of law. Legal relations, law interpretation and application. Basics of the constitutional system in the Czech Republic. Civil-law relations - basic concepts. Jura in re. Land registry. Law of obligation. Liability of damage and unjust enrichment. Incorporeal good rights. Labour-law relations - selected chapters. Civil trial. Bankruptcy problem.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The basic concepts of the legal theory and the brief explanation of law sources as well as the constitutional system of the Czech Republic will be explained in the first part of the subject teaching.The explanation of the Private Law principles , predominantly Civic Law and partly Labour Law, will follow.The subject teaching will be finished by the brief explanation of the bankruptcy problem .
Student aquires basic knowledges from general legal theory, constitutional law and civil law, which are necessary to study other branches of law.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Discussion

Assignment granting is conditioned by attendance at seminars and passing writting test
Recommended literature
  • Act No. 1/1993 Coll., Constitution of Czech Republic. Pardubice, 2005.
  • Act No. 2/1993 Coll., Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms.
  • Act No. 40/1960 Coll., Civil Code.
  • Osina, P. Legal Theory. Univerzita Palackého: Olomouc, 2004.


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