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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KÚP
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SV
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Theory of State
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Form of course completion
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Pre-Exam Credit
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Form of course completion
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Pre-Exam Credit
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
3
Cred.
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Type of completion
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-
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Type of completion
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-
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[Hours/Week]
Seminar
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Included in study average
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NO
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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NO
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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10
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Optional course |
No
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Optional course
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No
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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KÚP/SVR
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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Student should be able to analyse the institutional and functional concept of the state and its basic attributes. Student is capable of defining both forms of government, governance, power-sharing and the structure of the state mechanism, as well as more broadly conceived questions of democracy, the political system and human rights in the constitutional context.
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Requirements on student
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final oral test
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Content
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1. Theory of state, its methodology and relationship to other branches of science, state as basic phenomenon of society organization, its conceptual features, categories, ways how states are created and cease to exist. 2. Types of states, stages of state development from slave, feudal and national states to supranational integration. 3. Philosophical and social concepts of state, from classical to modern writers, different views of sources of state legitimacy and its appearance. 4. State as a product and, at the same time, creator of law, public authority and law, relationship of legality and legitimacy, positive and natural law, values in law, liability of public authority, the doctrine of law-abiding state (Rechtsstaat). 5. Concept of constitution and its role in current democracies; constitution as product and legal framework for democracy. 6. Internal and external functions of state and state machinery, state organ, civil service and fundamental organizational principles of state. 7. Separation of powers and form of government, their content and significance, separation of powers: constructive and functional, horizontal and vertical, de iure and de facto, relationship of the concept of separation of powers and form of government, forms of government, their types and characteristics. 8. Forms of governance, its content and significance; autocracy and its forms, direct and representative democracy, their mechanisms and mutual relationship, principle of sovereignty of people. 9. Form of state, its content and significance, basic classification and internal structure. 10. Self-government, its content, types, status, significance and relationship to state. 11. Fundamental human rights and freedoms, their content and significance, basic principles and categories of human rights, human rights catalogues, their institutional protection. 12. Electoral systems and their classification, types of electoral systems and their application. 13. Political systems and their classification, status, basic features, significance of political parties.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Guarantors:
Doc. PhDr. Lukáš Valeš, Ph.D. (100%),
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Lecturer:
Doc. JUDr. Monika Forejtová, Ph.D. (100%),
Prof. JUDr. Václav Pavlíček, CSc., dr. h. c. (100%),
JUDr. Tomáš Pezl, Ph.D. (100%),
JUDr. Josef Skála, CSc. (100%),
JUDr. Milan Tomeš (100%),
Doc. PhDr. Lukáš Valeš, Ph.D. (100%),
JUDr. Zuzana Vostrá, Ph.D. (100%),
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Seminar lecturer:
Doc. JUDr. Monika Forejtová, Ph.D. (100%),
JUDr. Tomáš Pezl, Ph.D. (100%),
JUDr. Milan Tomeš (100%),
JUDr. Zuzana Vostrá, Ph.D. (100%),
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Literature
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Basic:
Klíma, Karel. Státověda. 2., rozĹĄ. vyd. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7380-296-7.
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Basic:
Klíma, Karel. Státověda. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2006. ISBN 80-86898-98-9.
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Basic:
Klíma, Karel. Teorie veřejné moci (vládnutí). 2., přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Praha : ASPI, 2006. ISBN 80-7357-179-X.
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Recommended:
Jhering, Rudolf von. Boj o právo ; Právní věda všedního dne. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7380-102-1.
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Recommended:
Klíma, Karel. Encyklopedie ústavního práva. Praha : Aspi, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7357-295-2.
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Recommended:
Klíma, Karel. Komentář k Ústavě a Listině. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7380-140-3.
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Recommended:
Dahl, Robert. O demokracii : průvodce pro občany. Vyd. 1. Praha : Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-422-2.
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Recommended:
Montesquieu, Charles. O duchu zákonů. Dobrá Voda : Aleš Čeněk, 2003. ISBN 80-86473-30-9.
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Recommended:
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. O společenské smlouvě neboli o zásadách státního práva. Reprint původního vydání z roku 1949. Dobrá Voda : Aleš Čeněk, 2002. ISBN 80-86473-10-4.
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Recommended:
Klíma, Karel. Praktikum českého ústavního práva. 3., rozš. vyd. Plzeň : Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7380-173-1.
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Recommended:
Blahož J., Balaš V., Klíma K. Srovnávací ústavní právo, 3. vydání. Praha: ASPI, a.s., 2007. ISBN 978-80-7357-312-6.
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Recommended:
Klíma, Karel. Ústavní právo. 4., rozĹĄ. vyd. Plzeň : Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7380-261-5.
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Recommended:
Pavlíček, Václav. Ústavní právo a státověda. I. díl, Obecná státověda. Praha : Linde, 1998.
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Recommended:
Ústavy států Evropské unie. Díl druhý, Ústavní texty České republiky, Estonska, Kypru, Litvy, Lotyšska, Maďarska, Malty, Polska, Slovenska a Slovinska. Praha : Linde, 2005. ISBN 80-7201-556-7.
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Recommended:
Ústavy států Evropské unie. Díl 1., Ústavní texty Belgie, Dánska, Finska, Francie, Irska, Itálie, Lucemburska, Německa, Nizozemí, Portugalska, Rakouska, Řecka, Španělska, Švédska a Velké Británie ; s úvodním komentářem Vladimíra Klokočky ; autoři překladu Vladimír Klokočka, Eliška Wagnerová. 2. vyd. Praha : Linde, 2004. ISBN 80-7201-466-8.
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Recommended:
Holländer, Pavel. Základy všeobecné státovědy. 2., rozš. vyd., (Ve Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk 1. vyd.). Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7380-178-6.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
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40
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Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
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15
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Contact hours
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26
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Total
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81
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
No particular prerequisites specified. |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
The students will be able to: - understand the concept of state and its types, fundamentals and origin of public authority, forms and organization of state, forms of government, democracy, political system and human rights issues, the relationship of state authority and organization of society - analyze functional organizational structure of state in relation to its population - characterise the individual types, functions and activities of state bodies and local self-government units and understand the state machinery in general dimension
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Oral exam |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Lecture |
Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
Students' portfolio |
One-to-One tutorial |
Seminar classes |
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