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Lecturer(s)
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Pezl Tomáš, JUDr. Ph.D.
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Vostrá Zuzana, JUDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1.Methods of Comparative Constitutional Law, models, definitions and forms of constitutions 2.Constitutional development in selected countries Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Germany 3.Legal and constitutional aspects of reconciliation with totalitarian regimes 4.Values, Historical and social basis for creation of new constitutions 5.Types of forms of states, federations, unitary states, types of autonomies 6.Elementary principles of representative democracy, basic principles of suffrage 7.Constitutional review 8.Constitutional system of Czech Republic 9.Constitutional system of Slovakia 10.Constitutional system of Poland 11.Constitutional system of Hungary 12.Constitutional system of Austria 13.Constitutional system of Germany The course is thougt in English language.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Seminar classes
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 48 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 15 hours per semester
- Individual project (40)
- 40 hours per semester
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| to qualify role of constitution in democracies to define types and forms of constitutions, elementary constitutional principles in comparative perspective to differentiate forms of government in democracies to become acquainted with principles of vertical separation of powers, types of federations and unitary state to define relations between the supreme state bodies in democracies, the internal organization of Parliaments and legislative procedures to analyze constitutional and political system of political parties in plural democracies, electorate system and organization of elections in democracies |
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| to qualify role of basic and human rights, of the constitution and position of human being and citizen in the state to define general judiciary, administrative and constitutional justice, their types and competences to become acquainted with relations between constitution and international law in democracies and constitutional aspect of supranational integration processes to analyze constitutional and political systems of Central European states |
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| Combined exam |
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| Group presentation at a seminar |
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| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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Heringa, A. W.; Kiiver, Ph. Constitutions compared : an introduction to comparative constitutional law. 2012. ISBN 978-1-78068-078-1.
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Hirschl, Ran. Comparative matters : the renaissance of comparative constitutional law. New York : Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-871451-4.
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Klíma, Karel. Constitutional law of the Czech Republic. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7380-089-5.
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Rosenfeld, Michel,; Sajó, András. The Oxford handbook of comparative constitutional law. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-968928-6.
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Visser, Maartje de. Constitutional review in Europe : a comparative analysis. 2014. ISBN 978-1-84946-971-5.
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