Course detail

Basic of Law for Expert Activity

ÚSI-DSB01Acad. year: 2020/2021

Basics of Civil Law - its concept, structure and forms given by the basic principles and rights, especially the application of applicable Civil Law (General Private Law) and Civil Procedure Law to problems related to expert activities.
Basics of Criminal Law - its concept, structure and forms given by functions, basic principles and own criminal law institutes, with an emphasis on the application of applicable Criminal Substantive and Criminal Procedure Law to problems related to expert activity.
Basics of Administrative Law in connection with an expert activity.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. JUDr. Ivo Telec, CSc.

Department

Institute of Forensic Engineering (ÚSI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Acquisition of basic legal knowledge at the theoretical and practical level relating to the performance of expert and other professional activities, including the legal status of an expert, etc.

Prerequisites

Not required.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Written test.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to law, legal principles and legal norms, division of law and scope of legal norms.
2. Civil Law (General Private Law) - essence and purpose, basic concepts and principles. The status and responsibility of an expert (professional).
3. Legal acts and other legal facts; conclusion of contracts.
4. Ownership rights, shared co-ownership, joint property of spouses.
5. Rights to a thing of another, right of pledge, right of lien, easements.
6. Civil law; system of courts, activity of the court before the commencement of proceedings.
7. Civil proceedings at first instance, remedies, enforcement.
8. Expert's position in the civil proceedings.
9. Criminal Substantive Law, basics of criminal liability. Scope of criminal laws, offenses, punishments.
10. Criminal Procedure Law, jurisdiction and competence of courts, persons involved in criminal proceedings.
11. Criminal prosecution process, pre-trial and judicial proceedings, related acts. An expert status in criminal proceedings
12. Administrative Law (public administration and administrative law, organization of public administration).
13. Administrative Law (administrative procedure and its basic principles, procedures under the Code of Administrative Procedure), an expert status in administrative procedure.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Familiarization with the basic legal issues necessary for the performance of expert and other professional activities.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

SKULOVÁ, S a kol. Správní právo - zvláštní část, MU, 2004
PRŮCHA, P. a kol. Správní právo - obecná část, MU, Brno 2005
SKULOVÁ, S. a kol. Správní právo procesní, Eurolex Bohemia a.s.r., Praha 2005
BĚLOHLÁVEK, A. J., HÓTOVÁ, R. Znalci v mezinárodním prostředí. Praha: C. H. Beck 2011. ULRICH, P., ŠEVČÍK, P. Znalecké právo. Praha: C. H. Beck 2015. (CS)
ULRICH, P., ŠEVČÍK, P. Znalecké právo. Praha: C. H. Beck 2015. (CS)
KŘÍSTEK, L. Znalectví. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR 2013. (CS)

Type of course unit

Lecture

52 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. JUDr. Ivo Telec, CSc.

eLearning

eLearning: currently opened course

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Basic of Law for Expert Activity

Type of course unit