Course: Church and State

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Course title Church and State
Course code KPD/KO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Černý Miroslav, Doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Church and State in the Czech legal system science, basic concepts, subject and its relationship to other scientific disciplines, models the relationship between church and state 2. General History of ecclesiastical law - state monism period match the secular and spiritual, state jurisdikcionalizmus, period pluralistic relations 3. The State controlled Christianization (9th-12th centuries) 4. Emancipation spiritual power (12th century - 1419) 5. The system of two state churches (1419-1619) 6. The system only state church (1619-1848) 7. System incomplete confessional neutrality (1848-1938, 1945-1948) 8. The system of totalitarian dictatorship with the ideology replacing religion (1938-1945, 1948-1989) 9. Constitutional and international guarantees of religious rights 10. Law on Churches and Religious Associations (no. 3/2002). 11. Religious marriages 12. Religious Education 13. Special religious services in the public sector 14 Material security of churches and religious societies 15. State property settlement with churches and religious societies 16. Protection of religious rights

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 50 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to gain an overview of the relations between the state on the one hand and churches and religious societies on the other
Skills
get to know the basic terms, with the subject and sources of confessional law, dealing with the relationship to other scientific disciplines such as the field of general history, Czech history
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
get to know the basic concepts, the subject and sources of confessional law, dealing with the relationship to other scientific disciplines such as the field of general history, Czech history
Skills
to analyze the relationship of confessional law to the currently valid legislation (constitutional and international guarantees of individual and collective religious rights, the Act on Churches and Religious Societies, church property and its restitution, the possibility of churches and religious societies operating in public institutions)
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Skills
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Written exam
Skills
Oral exam
Written exam
Competences
Oral exam
Written exam
Recommended literature
  • Hrdina, Antonín Ignác. Texty ke studiu konfesního práva. I., Evropa a USA. 1. vyd. Praha : Karolinum, 2006. ISBN 80-246-1095-7.
  • Hrdina, Ignác Antonín. Texty ke studiu konfesního práva. II., Český stát. 1. vyd. Praha : Karolinum, 2007. ISBN 978-80-246-1372-7.
  • Hrdina, Ignác Antonín. Texty ke studiu konfesního práva. III., Československo. 1. vyd. Praha : Karolinum, 2006. ISBN 80-246-1289-5.
  • Valeš, Václav ? Bejvančická, Alexandra. České státní právo církevní 1, Dějiny. Brno, 2015. ISBN 978-80-263-1014-3.
  • Valeš, Václav, Bejvančická, Alexandra. České státní právo církevní 2, platná právní úprava. Brno, 2015. ISBN 978-80-263-0908-6.
  • Valeš, Václav. Konfesní právo : průvodce studiem. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7380-135-9.


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