Sylabus
Outline of the Course
1. Introduction to the Private Law and Fundamental Institutions of the Private LawHistory of civil law • Basic principles of private law • Subjects of private law • System of private law • Subjects of rights and duties • Property rights • Law of obligations etc.
2. Property LawSystem of rights to things • Ownership • Lien (pledge, mortgage), easements, rights of retention
3. ContractsFundamental principles • Formation of contracts • Types of contracts
4. TortsGeneral and special liability for damage • Compensation of damage • Unjust enrichment
5. Law of SuccessionConcept and function • Testamentary succession • Intestate (statutory) succession
6. Family LawFeatures of the Family Law • Comparative insight into several institutes • Present codification and the future of the Family Law
7. Labour LawFundamental legislative changes • Provision of Employment • Collective Labour Law • Labour Disputes
8. Protection of Intellectual PropertyCopyright Law • Industrial Property Rights • Trade Mark Law
9. Judiciary SystemOverview of the History • Elements of the Judiciary system • Role of the Supreme Court
10. Courts, Judges and Legal Aid SystemIndependence of the judge • Position and the liability of the judge • The Bar (Attorney, European Attorneys)
11. Civil LitigationBasic principles of civil litigation • Role of the court and parties • Rules of evidence, judgement, costs, review
Anotace
The aim of the course is to introduce the essentials of Czech private law. Private Law, after 1989, has become again the very basis of the Czech legal order.
The first part of the course is aimed at the understanding of the private law system, and its fundamental notions and principles thereof. Then, the course will focus in more details on the essentials of subjects, property and other rights to things, essentials of contracts as well as essentials of torts.
The end of this part of the course is aimed at labour law and intellectual property law. At the end of the course the attention will be paid to the judicial protection of the rights in the Czech Republic.
This is aimed at the elements of the judiciary system, the civil litigation and the system of legal remedies.