Course detail

Law

FP-PAcad. year: 2011/2012

The aim of the course is to gain global and professional overview on basics legal amendment of financial law, to gain knowledge about relationship law amendment to economic class and to acquire the ability of financial law perception in global economic view.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will learn theoretical aspects as well as current legal regulations. They will be made familiar with basic terms of law, and will gain an in-depth understanding of the legal institutes within the public law, which is the main topic of this course. Students will be able to interpret the regulations relating to the law, and use the basic terminology in most applications of financial practice.

Prerequisites

General knowledge of law at secondary school level.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

A course-unit credit is not awarded for this course.
Exam requirements: Students will be expected to prove their knowledge of the subject-matter (study materials, lecture notes), and to prove an understanding of the legal regulations. They have to be able to explain how the different fields are connected. They should also be able to demonstrate their ability to use legal terminology correctly. The exam tests not only the theoretical knowledge, but also the ability to apply the knowledge of different juridical institutes.
The exam is oral.

Course curriculum

budget law
Tax and fee law
customs
monetary law
foreign law
Public banking law - regulates the state supervision of banks
The insurance of public law - compulsory funds
hallmarking law
securities

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to familiarise students with the theoretical principles and a methodology necessary to understand the judicial system. They will have a grasp of legal regulations, their systematic structures and related legal techniques etc.
The course is focused on Public Law and is intended to provide specific knowledge of current legal regulations within this field. The emphasis is placed on 'functions of state' and its statutory bodies (departments) together with an understanding of decision-making processes behind Public Finance, disposing and controlling the finance (Revenue and Expenditure).
This section also looks at the functions of individual government departments controlling the regulation of banking, insurance, Stock Exchange, Foreign Exchange, price regulation etc. Also dealt with are the obligations of individual institutions and their employees to combat illegal incomes from criminal activity (so called money laundering).
Students will acquire practical knowledge of individual legal institutions of public law that can be applied in their future jobs within the fields of economic or law company. The purpose of the course is to provide a basic introduction to the different areas of law. Students can develop this knowledge in several follow-up courses included in both the Bachelor's Study Programme and the Master's Study Programme.

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

The course is taught without seminars. Attendance at lectures is not obligatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Aktuální články v odborných periodicích i denním tisku (Ekonom, Hospodářské noviny, EURO, atd.) (CS)
VEJVODOVÁ, H., KOPŘIVA, J.: PRÁVO I. - Finanční právo – skriptum. 3. vyd. Brno: CERM, 2008. 89 s. ISBN 978-80-214-3730-2 (CS)

Recommended reading

Platné zákony k jednotlivým tematickým okruhům (čísla zákonů viz učební text, nebo aktuálně novelizovaná znění Sbírka zákonů ČR) (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-DP , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Topics of lectures includes:
- Public law and Private law, theoretical aspects,
- Public finance and Budgets,
- Rules and regulations of Budgets, State Budget, National fund,
- Principles of tax theory,
- Czech Tax System,
- Rules and regulation of Fines,
- Customs (Customs Law within the EU and the Czech Republic),
- Bank Law,
- Measures taken against illegal incomes from criminal activity,
- Foreign Exchange
- Statutory Pricing
- Insurance
- Stock Exchange