Czech Constitutional System as a Part of European Constitutional Tradition - HASC1

• Title: Czech Constitutional System as a Part of European Constitutional Tradition
• Guaranteed by: International Office (22-ZO)
• Faculty: Faculty of Law
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/0, Ex [HT]
• 4EU+: yes
• Virtual mobility / capacity: yes / unlimited
• Key competences: 4EU+ Flagship 2
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. JUDr. Jan Kudrna, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): doc. JUDr. PhDr. Marek Antoš, Ph.D., LL.M.; JUDr. Miluše Kindlová, M.Jur., Ph.D.; doc. JUDr. Jan Kudrna, Ph.D.
• Incompatibility : HPOP0000, HPOP3000, HP0681

Annotation

English

Constitutional law is a field of law that legally anchors and defines the basic issues of the relationship between the individual on the one hand and society and public power on the other. These are questions of the first place of securing the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, whether against their abuse or violation by other individuals or by the public authorities and their bodies and bearers. It also concerns questions of the source of public power and the possible scope of its exercise, as well as participation in it by the individual, and its control. Other areas of interest in constitutional law include the determination of the basic structure of public power, its distribution, the links and relations between its various components, as well as the determination of the mechanisms of their mutual control.

The course "Constitutional System of the Czech Republic as a Part of European Constitutional Tradition" focuses on the described issues de constitutione lata, or their interpretation within the framework of positive legal regulation, i.e. the current framework of the constitutional order and the norms immediately following and developing it. Attention will be paid to both the Constitution of the Czech Republic and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, while their individual institutes will be interpreted in the context not only of the laws that implement the constitutional order, but also of the current case law of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. All this in the context and comparison within the legal rules of both the Council of Europe and the European Union, or their member states.

Organisation and Management of the Course: Doc. JUDr. Jan Kudrna, Ph.D.; e-mail: [e-mail]

Last update: Marešová Svatava, Ing. (13.03.2024)

Czech

The course deals with the fundamental features of the Czech constitutional system. First of all, it analyses the historical roots of the current Czech constitutionalism and studies the position of main constitutional bodies and their mutual relations in the system of government (Parliament, Government, President of the Republic, Constitutional Court, etc.). After this institutional introduction, various aspects of the substantive human rights protection in the Czech Republic are addressed.

Last update: Chromá Marta, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (29.10.2019)

Requisites for virtual mobility

None

Last update: Kohout David, JUDr., Ph.D. (30.06.2022)

Syllabus

English

Lecturers:

Jan Kudrna

Miluše Kindlová

Jan Grinc

Marek Antoš

Ondřej Preuss

Karel Řepa 

 

Organisation and Management of the Course:   

 JUDr. Jan Kudrna, Ph.D.; e-mail: [e-mail]

 

Lectures:

Introductory Information; Roots and Main Features of the Contemporary Constitutional System of the Czech Republic (Kudrna)  Sources of Law in the Czech Republic; International Law and European Law, Parliament and the Legislative procedure (Preuss)  Elections in the Context of Constitutional Law of the Czech Republic (Antoš)  The President and the Government in the Parliamentary System of the Czech Republic (Kindlová)  Institutional Protection of Human Rights – the Judiciary and the Public Defender of Rights (Řepa)  Institutional Protection of Human Rights – the Constitutional Court (Kindlová)  Political Rights in the Czech Republic (Kindlová) Political Rights in the Czech Republic and the example of Freedom of Assembly (Kudrna)  Socio-economical rights and their Interpretation by the Constitutional Court (Antoš)  Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, the Right to Judicial and Other Legal Protection in the Charter and in the Decisions of the Constitutional Court. (Grinc)  Examination (Kudrna)

Course Materials:      

• The Introduction to the Czech Constitutional Law (a course-book – updated through the articles below)
• The Constitution of the Czech Republic
• The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
• Antoš, Marek, Horák, Filip: Proportionality Means Proportionality : Czech Constitutional Court, 2 February 2021, Pl. ÚS 44/17: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1574019621000328
• Kindlová, Miluše, Preuss, Ondřej: Conscientious Objection to Compulsory Vaccination? Lessons from the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights and a Test Employed by the Czech Constitutional Court: https://doi.org/10.1515/icl-2022-0007
• Grinc, Jan: Constitutional stability and dynamics in the Czech Republic: http://dx.doi.org/10.13165/j.icj.2019.05.003 
• Kudrna, Jan: Dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies in the Czech Republic – the Origin and Essence of Applicable Constitutional Legislation: https://ojs.mruni.eu/ojs/jurisprudence/article/view/1544 
• Kudrna, Jan: Cancellation of early elections by the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic: Beginning of a New Concept of “Protection of Constitutionality”: https://ojs.mruni.eu/ojs/jurisprudence/article/view/1026  
• Kudrna, Jan: The Question of Conducting Direct Elections of the President in the Czech Republic (A Live Issue for Already 20 Years): https://ojs.mruni.eu/ojs/jurisprudence/article/view/1682 
• Kudrna, Jan: Human Rights – Real or Just Formal Rights? Example of the (Un)Constitutionality of Data Retention in the Czech Republic: https://ojs.mruni.eu/ojs/jurisprudence/article/view/102 
• Kudrna, Jan: The possibilities of combating so-called disinformation in the context of the European Union legal framework and of constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression in the European Union member states: http://dx.doi.org/10.13165/j.icj.2022.12.002 
• Kudrna, Jan: The importance of well-adjusted public regulations and the impact of deficiencies on the functioning of the state in crisis situations – the example of the Czech Republic in the European Constitutional Context: http://dx.doi.org/10.13165/j.icj.2023.06.004 

Final Examination:

The course concludes with a written exam consisting of open-ended questions of varying degrees of difficulty which must be answered briefly but concisely. The exam tests basic, but not detailed, knowledge of the constitutional system of the Czech Republic. Regular attendance at lectures is important.

Means of Communication:

MS Teams

Last update: Marešová Svatava, Ing. (13.03.2024)

Czech

Lecturers:

Jan Kudrna

Miluše Kindlová

Jan Grinc

Marek Antoš

Ondřej Preuss

Karel Řepa 

 

Organisation and Management of the Course:   

 JUDr. Jan Kudrna, Ph.D.; e-mail: [e-mail]

 

Lectures:

1)      Introductory Information; Roots of the Contemporary Constitutional System of the Czech Republic (Kudrna) 

2)      Sources of Law in the Czech Republic; International Law and European Law + Parliament and the Legislative procedure (Preuss) 

3)      Elections in the Context of Constitutional Law of the Czech Republic (Antoš) 

4)      The President and the Government in the Parliamentary System of the Czech Republic (Kindlová) 

5)      Institutional Protection of Human Rights – the Constitutional Court (Kindlová) 

6)      Institutional Protection of Human Rights – the Judiciary and the Public Defender of Rights (Řepa) 

7)      Freedom of Assembly etc. (Kudrna) 

8)      Socio-economical rights and their Interpretation by the Constitutional Court. (Antoš) 

9)      Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, the Right to Judicial and Other Legal Protection in Charter and in the Decisions of the Constitutional Court. (Grinc) 

10)    Political Rights in the Czech Republic (Kindlová) 

11)    Transformation of the Constitutional System; Selected Topical Problems – Sample Study: Lustrations (Kudrna) 

12)    Examination 

 

Course Materials: 

·         The Introduction to the Czech Constitutional Law (a course-book)

·         The Constitution of the Czech Republic

·         The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms

·         Kieran Williams: A Scorecard for Czech Lustration (in Central Europe Review, Vol. 1, No. 19, available at http://www.ce-review.org/99/19/williams19.html)

·         Kudrna, Jan: Dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies in the Czech Republic – the Origin and Essence of Applicable Constitutional Legislation, available at http://bit.ly/rozpousteni

·         Kudrna, Jan: Cancellation of early elections by the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic: Beginning of a New Concept of “Protection of Constitutionality”, available at http://bit.ly/cancel-elections

.         Kudrna, Jan: The Question of Conducting Direct Elections of the President in the Czech Republic (A Live Issue for Already 20 Years) available at http://bit.ly/direct-president

Last update: Kohout David, JUDr., Ph.D. (30.06.2022)