Course detail
Building Law
FAST-AZ001Acad. year: 2018/2019
The law system of the Czech state. The building law as part of the system of administrative law. Building Act. Implementing regulations to the Building Act. Legal regulation of administrative offenses. Expropriation. Conduct of business by natural and legal entities in building industry. Basic employment relations.
Supervisor
Department
Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will learn the basic legal concepts, legal order of the Czech Republic as a whole and the system of legal norms in the Czech Republic. After completing the course, students will gain knowledge in the field of public construction law, will be familiar with the Building Act and its implementing regulations. The issue of expropriation in expropriation proceedings under the Expropriation Act and the rules of administrative offenses will be discussed. They will be provided with information on ways of conducting business by individuals and legal entities in the construction industry as well as basic labor relations.
Prerequisites
The subject extends the knowledge gained at secondary school.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
Not applicable.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The information will be passed on in the form of lectures.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Each student will submit the seminar paper in the range of 3 pages and demonstrate knowledge of the topics in the form of a credit test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Work placements
Not applicable.
Course curriculum
Lectures:
1. Introduction to the course, basic legal concepts.
2. The place of the building law in the system of administative law. The Building Act, its contents and principles. Implementing regulations to the Building Act.
3. Town and country planning and its instruments.
4. Planning permission proceedings, types of planning permissions.
5. Building code, building permit and notofication, building permit proceedings.
6. Authorized inspector.
7. Structure realization.
8. Utilization and removal of structures.
9. Administrative offenses.
10. Expropriation.
11. Basic employment relations, requisites of employment contract.
12. Trade law.
13. Trade companies, their basic characteristics, status of partners.
Aims
The aim of the course is to make the students familiar with the legal order of the Czech Republic focusing on the Building Act and its implementing regulations.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme B-P-C-APS (N) Bachelor's
branch APS , 3. year of study, summer semester, 2 credits, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Lectures:
1. Introduction to the course, basic legal concepts.
2. The place of the building law in the system of administative law. The Building Act, its contents and principles. Implementing regulations to the Building Act.
3. Town and country planning and its instruments.
4. Planning permission proceedings, types of planning permissions.
5. Building code, building permit and notofication, building permit proceedings.
6. Authorized inspector.
7. Structure realization.
8. Utilization and removal of structures.
9. Administrative offenses.
10. Expropriation.
11. Basic employment relations, requisites of employment contract.
12. Trade law.
13. Trade companies, their basic characteristics, status of partners.