Course detail

Civil and Commercial Law

ÚSI-ESOOPAcad. year: 2023/2024

The subject focuses on Czech general private law (civil law). This basically concerns general private personal and property laws, both absolute and relative. The content of the subject focuses on a general introduction to civil law, legal principles, facts in the legal sense, persons in the legal sense, including general personality law, an overview of legal entities, property laws and other rights in rem, including right of lien, inheritance law, contract law (including consumer law), and delict law (including claim law).

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. JUDr. Ivo Telec, CSc.

Department

Institute of Forensic Engineering (ÚSI)

Entry knowledge

Not required

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Written test
Not specified.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide students with an overview of Czech civil and commercial law for non-lawyers, with a special focus on their fields of study. It concentrates on general and private personal and property laws, both absolute and relative laws. The content of the subject focuses on a general introduction to private, international and European Union law, legal principles, facts in the legal sense, persons in the legal sense, general rights as an individual, an overview of legal persons, property and other rights in rem, inheritance law, contract law (including consumer law and the status of an entrepreneur), and delict law (including claims law). The subject also focuses on the business part of law, which is mainly devoted to special legal regulations governing business relations and also the position of business corporations.
Students should acquire:
- a general knowledge of Czech civil law in the international and community context
- basic specific knowledge of civil law with a focus on their fields of study (such as real estate and transportation claims law)

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Ronovská, K. - Dobrovolná, E. - Lavický, P.: Úvod do soukromého práva. Obecná část. 2. upr. vyd. Brno: Čes. společ. pro civilní právo procesní 2018. (CS)
Ronovská, K. – Dobrovolná, E. – Lavický, P.: Úvod do soukromého práva. Zvláštní část. 2., přepr. vyd. Brno: Čes. spol. pro civ. právo proces. 2020. ISBN 978-80-88248-01-9 (CS)
Janečková, E. - Horálek, V. (eds.): Encyklopedie soukromého práva. Praha: Linde 2012 (CS)

Recommended reading

Janečková, E. - Horálek, V. (eds.): Encyklopedie soukromého práva. Praha: Linde 2012. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EID_P Master's, 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme REI_P Master's, 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

52 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Petr Moll
Mgr. Hana Srncová
prof. JUDr. Ivo Telec, CSc.

Syllabus

1. General introduction to civil law and its international and community context.
2. Legal principles
3. Facts in the legal sense.
4. Persons in the legal sense, including the general rights of an individual
5. Overview of legal entities.
6. Property and other rights in rem, including right of lien.
7. Inheritance law.
8. Contract law, including consumer law and the status of an entrepreneur.
9. Delict law, including claims law
10. Peculiarities of legal regulations in business relations: entrepreneurs, business establishments, trade secrets, interpretation of law
11. Peculiarities of legal regulations in business relations: entrepreneurs, business establishments, trade secrets, interpretation of law - continued
12. Legal status, establishment, transformations and extinction of business corporations.
13. Special focus: the civil status of limited liability companies

E-learning texts

Ivo Telec: Presentace k přednáškám z občanského a obchodního práva (část občanské právo) (cs)
Srncová, H.: Zdaňování příjmů z brigád. Exkurz. (Presentace). (cs)