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Administration Law

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Course Unit Code119-0308/12
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
BEL11prof. Mgr. Ing. Alexander Bělohlávek, Dr.
BAR0580Mgr. Richard Bartes, Ph.D.
Summary
To present students a widespread, not codified section of our legal system, which provides rights and duties of natural and legal persons in public administration, mainly to explain basic terms of that law in general, explain legal adaptation of all parts of public administration, including law of administration proceedings, the problematic of proceedings by administrative bodies, as well as the system of state administration bodies, the relationship between state and local administration, including the control system and essentials of punitive part of administration law.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
- identify and interpret basic legal institutions of administration law,
- list the basic laws of administration law,
- recognize administration bodies,
- explain the basic concepts of administration law,
- collect the system of proceedings by administrative bodies,
- categorize subjects administration law,
- assess the legal administration law regulations,
- conclude system of state administration bodies,
- define the relationship between state and local administration, including the control system and essentials of punitive part of administration law.
Course Contents
1. The term Administration Law and its characteristics. Administration law system and its relation with other legal fields.
2. Public administration, characteristics. Sources and norms of administration law. Subjects of administration law and legal relations.
3. Public administration organization. Characteristics of public administration systems. Central authorities of public administration, their structure, central administration and regional administration. Special interest self-government. Municipality, Region, Regional Office.
4. Public administration activities and its controlling. Public administration function, methods of operation. Legal frame of public administration. System and controlling of public administration.
5. State and regional self-governments‘ responsibility for damages. Public rights protector. Responsibility conditions. Illegal decisions. Improper authoritative process. The means and range of compensation for damage. Protector´s operation and his activities.
6. Administrative process I. Procedural legal issue in public administration. Rules of administrative process. administration regulation. Administration process´ subjects. Administration process – opening, particular steps of process, investigation of basic documents needed for decision making.
7. Administrative process II. Administrative decision and its requirements. Appellate review. Execution of administrative decision. Administrative fees.
8. Administrative justice. Administrative justice. Administrative justice in civil court rule. Decisions on actions. Decision on legal remedies against administration authorities´ decision.
9. Introduction to criminal administration law. Basic characteristics. Administrative-legal responsibility for violations. Legal symbols of violation. Particular groups of violation. Rules of violation´s administration. Penalties for violation. Administrative-legal responsibility for so called other administration violations.
10. Internal administration. Administration of personal status of inhabitants (weddings, death, divorce etc.). Archiving. Associating rights and right of assembly. Other issues.
11. Building administration. Building administration’s organization and structure. Regional planning, regional administration. Building approval. Buildings removing. Expropriation. Administration delicts against building regulation.
12. Real Estate Register administration. Consumer´s protection. Czech Trade Inspection.
13. Selected fields of public administration I.
14. Selected fields of public administration II.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BACKES, Chris a Mariolina ELIANTONIO, ed. Cases, materials and text on judicial review of administrative action. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5099-2147-8.
PARKER, Collins. Administrative law: cases and materials. Windhoek, Namibia: University of Namibia Press, 2019. ISBN 978-99916-42-47-5.
STONE SWEET, Alec a Jud MATHEWS. Proportionality balancing and constitutional governance: a comparative and global approach. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-19-884139-5.
KOPECKÝ, Martin. Správní řád: komentář. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7676-422-4.
KOPECKÝ, Martin. Správní právo: obecná část. 2. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2021. Právnické učebnice. ISBN 978-80-7400-820-7.
PARKER, Collins. Administrative law: cases and materials. Windhoek, Namibia: University of Namibia Press, 2019. ISBN 978-99916-42-47-5.
Recommended Reading:
MAZZUCATO, Mariana. The entrepreneurial state: debunking public vs. private sector myths. Revised edition. New York: PublicAffairs, 2018. ISBN 978-1-61039-613-4.
ŠÁMAL, Pavel, Guido RAIMONDI a Koenraad LENAERTS. Binding effect of judicial decisions - national and international perspectives. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7598-008-3.
ŠKUREK, Martin, Eva PŘIDALOVÁ a Kamila TOZZI. English for administrative law. Praha: Leges, 2019. Student. ISBN 978-80-7502-390-2.
FIALA, Zdeněk et al. Správní právo trestní. 2. aktualizované vydání. Praha: Leges, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7502-531-9.
FRUMAROVÁ, Kateřina et al. Správní právo procesní. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7400-827-6.
SLÁDEČEK, Vladimír, Olga POUPEROVÁ a Lucia MADLEŇÁKOVÁ. Správní právo: zvláštní část: (vybrané kapitoly). 3. vyd. Praha: Leges, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7502-613-2.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
CreditCredit85 (85)85
        písemný testWritten test85 85